Where does “pepsi” come from?
Pepsi is a proprietary name derived from English pepsin, which comes from German Pepsin, ultimately based on the digestive enzyme.
pepsi (English): A portion of Pepsi
Ancestry of “pepsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pepsin | A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or... |
| 2 | English | -ín | — |
| 3 | English | in | Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position... |
| 4 | Middle English | in | Any kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or... |
| 5 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
Words derived from “pepsi”