Where does “pigeon” come from?

pigeon (French) comes from Old French pyjon, from Latin pīpiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

pigeon (French): pigeon; patsy

Definitions

  1. pigeon; patsy

Ancestry of “pigeon”, step by step

pigeon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French pyjon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpyjonpigeon
2Latinpīpiōto chirp, to pipe
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Latin pīpiōnem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīpiōnem—

Words derived from “pigeon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin pīpiō →