pippin

pippin · noun¹

1. Old French · derived frompepin“a seed”
2. Middle English · inherited frompipin
3. English todaypippin

From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.

pippin · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited frompipin“a seed”
2. English todaypippin

Probably from Middle English pipin (“a seed”), as being raised from the seed.

Words from the same roots