pyjon (Old French)

Where does "pyjon" come from?

The Old French noun 'pyjon', meaning 'pigeon', is directly inherited from the Latin accusative form 'pīpiōnem'[1]. This noun stems from Latin 'pipio', a term denoting a chirping bird, which was formed from the verb 'pīpiō', meaning 'to chirp', combined with the noun-forming suffix '-ō'[2].

Full etymology tree

• pyjon (Old French), 'pigeon'
  • inherited pipionem (Latin), 'accusative singular of pīpiō'
    • derived pipio (Latin), 'chirping bird'
      • suffix pipio (Latin), 'to chirp, to pipe'
      • suffix -o (Latin), 'Used to form masculine nouns with various meanings:'

Ancestors

• pipio (Latin)

Descendants and derived words

• pygeoun (Middle English)
• pigeon (French)
• pigeon (Norman)

Sources

1. pyjon (Old French) - Wiktionary
2. pipio (Latin) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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