Where does “pião” come from?
pião (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese peon, from Latin pedō, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pião (Portuguese): spinning top
Definitions
- spinning top
Ancestry of “pião”, step by step
pião traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese peon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | peon | — |
| 2 | Latin | pedō | — |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English pion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pion | Any of three semistable mesons, having positive,... |
| 2 | English | Pi | The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πῖ | Alternative form of πεῖ |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πεῖ | pi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | pay- | the mouth |