pease

pease · noun, noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπίσον
2. Latin · derived frompisum“pea”
3. Late Latin · derived frompisa
4. Old English · derived frompise“pea”
5. Middle English · inherited frompese“pea”
6. English todaypease

From Middle English pese (“pea”), from Old English pise (“pea”), from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos).

pease · verb²

1. Old French · derived frompaisier
2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompaiser
3. English todaypease

From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier (“to appease”). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease.

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