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Where does “pyne” come from?

pyne (English) comes from English pine, from Middle English pyne, from Old English pine, from Proto-Germanic *pīnā.

pyne (English): Obsolete form of pine

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of pine

Ancestry of “pyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpineAny coniferous tree of the genus "Pinus"; Any...
2Middle Englishpyne—
3Old Englishpine—
4Proto-Germanic*pīnā—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *pīnā →