pion
French
noun
Definitions
- (chess) pawn
- (figuratively) pawn
- (game) counter
Etymology
Inherited from Old French peon (pawn) inherited from Latin pedōnem, pedō, pedem, pes, pēs (foot).
Origin
Latin
pedem, pes, pēs
Gloss
foot
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- peon English
- pedem, pes, pēs Latin
- pedō Latin
- pedōnem Latin
- pedōnem, pedō Latin
- pedonabile Italian
- pedonale Italian
- pedone Italian
- piede Italian
- a-pion Dutch, Flemish
- b-pion Dutch, Flemish
- c-pion Dutch, Flemish
- d-pion Dutch, Flemish
- e-pion Dutch, Flemish
- f-pion Dutch, Flemish
- g-pion Dutch, Flemish
- h-pion Dutch, Flemish
- pion Dutch, Flemish
- vrijpion Dutch, Flemish
- mordre French
- morpion French
- pionique French
- pionner French
- péon French
- peón Spanish, Castilian
- *pṓds Proto-Indo-European
- peão Portuguese
- peon Old French
- peonier Old French
- pié Old French
- poon Old French
- peó Catalan, Valencian
- pion Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πιόνι Greek (modern)
- pion Indonesian
- piono Ido
- piyon Turkish
- pion Afrikaans
- pion Middle French
- פּיאָן Yiddish
- pee Old Portuguese
- peon Old Portuguese
- pe Romansh
- pei Romansh
- peón Asturian
- pe Old Occitan
- peyu Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- pioóñi Northern Tepehuan