pew

pew · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπόδιον“little foot”
2. Latin · derived frompodia
3. Old French · derived frompuiee
4. Middle English · inherited frompewe
5. English todaypew

From Middle English pewe, from Old French puiee, puïe (“balustrade, balcony”), from Latin podia, plural of podium (“parapet, podium”), from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “little foot”), from πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podia.

pew · interjection²

See phew.

pew · interjection³

Onomatopoeic.

Pew · proper noun⁴

1. Welsh · derived fromap
2. English todayPew

Less common spelling of Pugh, from Welsh ap + Huw.

Words from the same roots