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Where does “pipe” come from?

pipe (French) comes from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

pipe (French): tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol

Definitions

  1. tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol

Ancestry of “pipe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpipeMeanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings...
2Middle Englishpīpe—
3Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
4Old Englishpīpianto pipe
5Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
6Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
7LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “pipe”

  • pipette
  • pipet
  • micropipette
  • pipettor
  • intrapipette
  • nanopipette
  • autopipette
  • cytopipette
  • pipare
  • pipa
  • pipaio
  • portapipe
  • pipe
  • pipati
  • pipato
  • pipi
  • pipes
  • pipette
  • Pipette
  • pipette
  • πίπα
  • πιπώνω
  • vízipipa
  • pipa
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