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Where does “pīpe” come from?

pīpe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā, from Vulgar Latin pipa, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

pīpe (Old English): pipe ; the channel of a small stream

Definitions

  1. pipe ; the channel of a small stream

Ancestry of “pīpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*pīpā—
2Vulgar Latinpipapipe
3LatinpipoI pip, peep

Words derived from “pīpe”

  • bagpipes
  • bagpipe
  • hornpipe
  • bagpiper
  • bagpipelike
  • hornpipist
  • バグパイプ
  • pipe
  • hornepipe
  • bagpipe
  • 백파이프
  • pipdream
Every word from Latin pipo →