Where does “pecok” come from?

pecok (Middle English) comes from Old English pāwa, from Proto-Germanic pāwô, from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.

pecok (Middle English): The peacock or its meat

Definitions

  1. The peacock or its meat

Ancestry of “pecok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpāwapeacock
2Proto-Germanicpāwôpeacock, peafowl
3Latinpāvōpeacock, peafowl; a bird associated with Argus and sacred to Hera or Juno; eaten as a delicacy
4Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish

Words derived from “pecok”

Every word from Ancient Greek ταώς →Every word from Latin pāvō →Every word from Proto-Germanic pāwô →