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Where does “пижон” come from?

пижон (Russian) comes from French pigeon, from Old French pyjon, from Latin pīpiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

пижон (Russian): fop; unexperienced young man

Definitions

  1. fop; unexperienced young man

Ancestry of “пижон”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpigeonpigeon; patsy
2Old Frenchpyjonpigeon
3Latinpīpiō—
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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