Where does “pipe” come from?

pipe (Portuguese) comes from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan, from Proto-Germanic pīpaną, from Latin pipo — I pip, peep.

pipe (Portuguese): pipe the redirection of the output of a process directly into the input of another

Definitions

  1. pipe the redirection of the output of a process directly into the input of another

Ancestry of “pipe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpipeMeanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings...
2Middle EnglishpīpeA pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids)
3Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
4Old Englishpīpianto pipe
5Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
6Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
7LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Latin pipo