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Where does “piper” come from?

piper (French) comes from Latin pipare, from Latin pipio — chirping bird; squab; I pipe or chirp.

piper (French): to squeak, chirp

Definitions

  1. to squeak, chirp

Ancestry of “piper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpipareto squeak
2Latinpipiochirping bird; squab; I pipe or chirp

Words derived from “piper”

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