Where does “pipette” come from?
Pipette comes from French pipette, diminutive of French pipe, from Latin pipare, meaning to chirp or peep, related to Latin pipio.
pipette (English): A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb...
Definitions
- A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb...
Ancestry of “pipette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pipette | pipette |
| 2 | French | pipe | tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol |
| 3 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 4 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 5 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 6 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 9 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |