Where does “パイ” come from?

パイ (Japanese) comes from English Pi, from Ancient Greek πῖ, from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.

パイ (Japanese): a pie; Alternative form of ピー; Synonym of 円周率

Definitions

  1. a pie; Alternative form of ピー; Synonym of 円周率

Ancestry of “パイ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPiThe sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek
2Ancient GreekπῖAlternative form of πεῖ
3Ancient Greekπεῖpi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the...
4Proto-Semiticpay-the mouth
Every word from Proto-Semitic pay- →Every word from Ancient Greek πεῖ →Every word from Ancient Greek πῖ →