Where does “pies” come from?
pies (French) comes from French pie, from Old French pie, from Latin pica, from Latin picus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.
pies (French): plural of pie
Ancestry of “pies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pie | magpie |
| 2 | Old French | pie | magpie |
| 3 | Latin | pica | magpie |
| 4 | Latin | picus | a woodpecker; a griffin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peyk- | name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie |