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
3Latinpīpiōto chirp, to pipe
4Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin pīpiō →