Etymology

piny

P3I1N1Y4

Today it means: Of, resembling, pertaining to, or having many pines. Full definition →

English pine ← Middle English pyne ← Old English *pīne
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*poi-?
  2. Proto-Italic*pīnos
  3. Latinpīnus
  4. Proto-West Germanic*pīnā
  5. Old English*pīne
  6. Middle Englishpyne
  7. Englishpine
  8. English todaypiny

From pine + -y.

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