Where does “peonie” come from?

peonie (Old English) comes from Latin paeōnia, from Ancient Greek παιωνία, from Ancient Greek παιών, from Ancient Greek παιάν, from Ancient Greek Παιάν, from Ancient Greek παίω, from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w-.

Ancestry of “peonie”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	paeōnia	peony
2	Ancient Greek	παιωνία	peony
3	Ancient Greek	παιών	a physician
4	Ancient Greek	παιάν	hymn to Apollo
5	Ancient Greek	Παιάν	Paean; in Greek mythology the physician of the gods
6	Ancient Greek	παίω	I strike, hit; I strike against or upon; I devour
7	Proto-Indo-European	*p(y)eh₂w-	—

Words derived from “peonie”

peony
peonidin
peonylike
leucopeonidin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w- →Every word from Ancient Greek παίω →Every word from Ancient Greek Παιάν →