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Where does “po” come from?

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

po (Middle English): peacock

Definitions

  1. peacock

Ancestry of “po”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpāwapeacock
2Proto-Germanicpāwôpeacock, peafowl
3Latinpāvō—
4Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish

Words derived from “po”

  • po
  • peacock
  • peacocking
  • peacocky
  • pikake
  • peacockery
  • peacockish
  • pos
  • pecok
  • péacógach
  • péacóg
  • pīkake
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