peat
Meaning
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/piːt/
Etymology
Late Middle English, from British Vulgar Latin peta, probably ultimately from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”).
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