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Where does “piton” come from?

piton (English) comes from French piton, from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

piton (English): A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock...

Definitions

  1. A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock...

Ancestry of “piton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpitonnail; spike, pick
2French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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