Masculine
peão
Meaning
- (masculine) peon
- (masculine) peon
- (masculine) pedestrian
- (masculine) pawn
Concepts
cat’s-paw
ranch hand
pedone
peón
pion
pion
πιόνι
peó
Bauer
piyonFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peon, an early semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pedōnem (“one who goes on foot”), from Latin pēs (“foot”). Compare Galician peón, Spanish peón, French pion, Italian pedone.
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