Where does “peeps” come from?
peeps (English) comes from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus, from Old Latin poplus, from Old Latin poplos — army.
peeps (English): plural of peep; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of peep; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “peeps”, step by step
peeps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English people
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 2 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 4 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 5 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |
via Middle English pīpe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 2 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 3 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 6 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |