Where does “pip” come from?

pip (Welsh) comes from English PIP, from Middle Dutch pip, from Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta — mucus, phlegm.

pip (Welsh): peep, glance

Definitions

  1. peep, glance

Ancestry of “pip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPIPInitialism of picture-in-picture; Initialism of...
2Middle Dutchpipdisease of poultry, also of people
3Latinpipitapip, coryza
4Latinpītuītamucus, phlegm
Every word from Latin pītuītaEvery word from Latin pipitaEvery word from Middle Dutch pip
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