pepper

Senso (Inglese)

Concetti

condire con pepe

pepe bianco

rocoto

peperoncino piccante

locoto

pepe nero

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈpɛpə/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). The name was given to the capsicum fruit because of its unusual spicy taste, not unlike the Old World spice. Cognate with Scots pepar, Saterland Frisian Pieper, West Frisian piper, Dutch peper, German Low German Peper, German Pfeffer, Danish peber, Swedish peppar, Icelandic pipar. Doublet of falafel and peepul.

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