Where does “pipel” come from?
pipel (Tok Pisin) comes from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus, from Old Latin poplus, from Old Latin poplos — army.
pipel (Tok Pisin): people
Definitions
- people
Ancestry of “pipel”, step by step
pipel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English people
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 2 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 4 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 5 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |