Where does “pi” come from?

pi (Polish) comes from Ancient Greek πεῖ, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.

pi (Polish): cheep, used to imitate the sound made by a chick

Definitions

  1. cheep, used to imitate the sound made by a chick

Ancestry of “pi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπεῖpi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the...
2Proto-Semiticpay-the mouth
Every word from Proto-Semitic pay- →