pyjon

Middle English

Noun

pyjon

Alternative form of pygeoun

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pīpiōnem.

Noun

pyjon oblique singular, m (oblique plural pyjons, nominative singular pyjons, nominative plural pyjon)

pigeon

Descendants

Franc-Comtois: pindjon
French: pigeon
Norman: pigeon
Picard: penjon
→ Middle English: pygeoun
- English: pigeon
- Scots: pigeon

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pīpio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 556

Further reading

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pigeon, supplement)

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