Etymology

pe

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Today it means: The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa). Full definition →

Hebrew פֵּא ← Proto-Semitic *pay-
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pe · noun1

  1. Proto-Semitic · derived from*pay-“mouth”
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromפֵּא
  3. English todaype

From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pi.

Pe · proper noun2

  1. Chinese · derived from郫
  2. English todayPe

From an idiosyncratic romanization of Chinese 郫 (pí)縣 /县 (Píxiàn).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Semitic*pay- all →

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