peto

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (masculine) woodpecker
2. (masculine) money box; poor box
3. (masculine) pocket
4. (figuratively,masculine) nest egg, savings

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of petar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈpeto̝/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

13th century. Unknown. From *pētto, perhaps onomatopoeic, but note Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker”) (Latin pīcus, Danish spætte).