pie

pie · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived frompīca“magpie”
2. Old French · derived frompie
3. Middle English · inherited frompye
4. English todaypie

From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier (c. 1199) in the surname Piehus (“pie-house?”). Further origin uncertain. Relation to Middle English pie, pye (“magpie”) has been suggested due to correspondences between other similar foods and the names of birds (compare haggis (“Scottish dish”) and haggess (“magpie”); and chewet (“meat pie”) and chewet (“chough, jackdaw”); however, the baked dish may instead be named after a creator with the surname Pie, a common name at the time. The surname is ultimately derived from the bird above, and thus from Old French pie, from Latin pīca (“magpie”). If true, then doublet of speight.

pie · noun²

1. Latin · derived frompīca
2. Old French · derived frompie
3. Middle English · inherited frompye
4. English todaypie

From Middle English pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, feminine of pīcus (“woodpecker”). Doublet of pica and speight.

pie · noun³

1. Sanskrit · derived fromपादिका“foot, shoe”
2. Hindi · borrowed fromपाई“low-denomination coin”
3. English todaypie

From Hindi पाई (pāī, “low-denomination coin”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā, “foot, shoe”), from पाद (pāda, “foot, base, quarter”) + -इक (-ika, “-ic: forming adjectives”).

pie · noun⁴

1. Sanskrit · derived fromपार्श्व“side, vicinity”
2. Hindi · borrowed fromपाहि“migrant farmer, passer-through”
3. English todaypie

From Hindi पाहि (pāhi, “migrant farmer, passer-through”), from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva, “side, vicinity”).

pie · noun⁵

1. Spanish · borrowed frompie“foot, Spanish foot”
2. English todaypie

From Spanish pie (“foot, Spanish foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pous.

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