Origin: ME pejon < MFr pijon < LL pipio (gen. pipionis), chirping bird, squab < L pipire, to chirp, of echoic orig.
noun
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French pijon
Origin: , probably from Vulgar Latin *pībiō, pībiōn-
Origin: , alteration of Late Latin pīpiō, young chirping bird, squab
Origin: , from pīpīre, to chirp
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Origin:
Origin: Alteration of pidgin
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