Where does “پایدوس” come from?
پایدوس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پای, from English PIE, from Middle English pie, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
پایدوس (Ottoman Turkish): a cry used as a signal to workmen when the time comes to knock off work
Definitions
- a cry used as a signal to workmen when the time comes to knock off work
Ancestry of “پایدوس”, step by step
پایدوس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian پای
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | پای | foot; pie |
| 2 | English | PIE | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) |
| 3 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |
| 4 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |