Where does “wallpepper” come from?

wallpepper (English) comes from English pepper, from Middle English peper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic piper, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

wallpepper (English): Sedum acre, a stonecrop

Definitions

  1. Sedum acre, a stonecrop

Ancestry of “wallpepper”, step by step

wallpepper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pepper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpepperA plant of the family Piperaceae; A spice...
2Middle Englishpeperpepper; The plant that produces the fruit...
3Old EnglishpiperAlternative form of pipor
4Proto-West Germanicpiper
5Latinpiperpepper
6Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
7Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
8Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

via English Wall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWallThe Berlin Wall
2Middle EnglishwallAlternative form of wale
3Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
4Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
5Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Sanskrit पिप्पलEvery word from Sanskrit पिप्पलिEvery word from Ancient Greek πέπερι
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