popy

Middle English

/ˈpɔpiː/

noun

Definitions

A poppy (plant of the genus Papaver), especially the opium poppy.
(rare) Any of one of several similar plants.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English popiġ (poppy) derived from Latin papāver (poppy).

Origin

Latin

papāver

Gloss

poppy

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

poppy English
*papavum Latin
*papāverum Latin
papāver Latin
pavot French
amapola Spanish, Castilian
*péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
popeġ Old English
popig Old English
popiġ Old English
papy Middle English
poppy Middle English
حَبّ Arabic
papavo Esperanto
papaver Middle Dutch

papy
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