PEA

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor.

Latin pisum

Late Latin pisader.

Old English pise

Middle English pese

English peasebf.

English pea

Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Where it comes from

From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

Where it comes from

From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.