Where does “pigeonner” come from?

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

pigeonner (French): To take for a ride or dupe

Definitions

  1. To take for a ride or dupe

Ancestry of “pigeonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpigeonpigeon; patsy
2Old Frenchpyjonpigeon
3Latinpīpiōto chirp, to pipe
4Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin pīpiō →