Where does “파이” come from?
파이 (Korean) comes from English Pi, from Ancient Greek πῖ, from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.
파이 (Korean): pie
Ancestry of “파이”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Pi | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πῖ | Alternative form of πεῖ |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πεῖ | pi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | pay- | the mouth |