出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/04/29 18:31 UTC 版)
Inherited from 古期英語 pipor, piper, from West Germanic, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from Indo-Aryan.
Forms with /ɛ/ probably represent unattested 古期英語 *peopor, while the absence of open-syllable lengthening is due to influence from the 古期英語 inflected forms pipore, pipores and the compounds peper corn, peperquerne, where it would be inhibited by trisyllabic shortening.
peper (uncountable)