peony

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠαιών“Paeon, the physician of the gods”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιωνία
3. Latin · derived frompaeōnia
4. Old French · derived frompeone, pyoine
5. Anglo-Norman · derived frompeonie
6. Latin · derived frompaeōnia
7. Old English · inherited frompeonie
8. English todaypeony

From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).

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