Where does “pyèv” come from?
pyèv (Haitian Creole) comes from French pieuvre, 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.
pyèv (Haitian Creole): octopus
Definitions
- octopus
Ancestry of “pyèv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pieuvre | octopus |
| 2 | Norman | pieuvre | octopus |
| 3 | Old Northern French | puerve | — |
| 4 | Latin | polypūs | octopus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύπους | many-footed |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῠ- | many; much, a lot |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |