pyjon
Middle English
Noun
pyjon
- Alternative form of pygeoun
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pīpiōnem.
Noun
pyjon m (oblique plural pyjons, nominative singular pyjons, nominative plural pyjon)
- pigeon
Descendants
- Franc-Comtois: pindjon
- French: pigeon
- Norman: pigeon
- Picard: penjon
- → Middle English: pygeoun
- English: pigeon
- Scots: pigeon
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pīpio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 556
Further reading
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pigeon, supplement)