Where does “pieuvre” come from?
pieuvre (French) comes from Norman pieuvre, from Old Northern French puerve, from Latin polypūs, from Ancient Greek πολύπους, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω.
pieuvre (French): octopus
Definitions
- octopus
Ancestry of “pieuvre”, step by step
pieuvre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norman pieuvre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman | pieuvre | octopus |
| 2 | Old Northern French | puerve | — |
| 3 | Latin | polypūs | octopus |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύπους | many-footed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολῠ- | many; much, a lot |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Latin polypus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | polypus | octopus; cuttlefish; nasal tumor |