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Where does “pēa” come from?

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

pēa (Old English): peafowl; peacock

Definitions

  1. peafowl; peacock

Ancestry of “pēa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pēa”

  • cock
  • Hancock
  • po
  • cockpit
  • Wilcox
  • peacock
  • coax
  • cocky
  • cocking
  • coxswain
  • stopcock
  • cockerel
  • cocker
  • cocksure
  • Adcock
  • Wilcock
  • cockfighting
  • cockiness
  • cox
  • cocksucker
  • cockcrow
  • cockfight
  • cockchafer
  • blackcock
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