Where does “pí” come from?

pí (Icelandic) comes from Ancient Greek πῖ, from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.

pí (Icelandic): pi, the name of the sixteenth letter of the...

Definitions

  1. pi, the name of the sixteenth letter of the...

Ancestry of “pí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekπῖAlternative form of πεῖ
2Ancient Greekπεῖpi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the...
3Proto-Semiticpay-the mouth
Every word from Proto-Semitic pay- →Every word from Ancient Greek πεῖ →Every word from Ancient Greek πῖ →