Where does “pi” come from?

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

pi (Romanian): pi

Definitions

  1. pi

Ancestry of “pi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreekπιLetter pi; Used in στο πι και φι meaning "at the...
2Ancient Greekπεῖpi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the...
3Proto-Semiticpay-the mouth
Every word from Proto-Semitic pay-
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