The story
- Middle English · inherited fromlong peper
- English todaylong pepper
Inherited from Middle English long peper; by surface analysis, long + pepper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
long pepper
Today it means: The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Full definition →
Middle English long peper