Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, long pepper).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πέπερι (péperin (genitive πεπέρεως or πεπέριος, diminutive πεπέριον)

  1. pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae)
  2. (specifically) black pepper (Piper nigrum)
  3. pepper (spice)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: πιπέρι (pipéri) (see there for further descendants); πιπεριά (piperiá)
  • Mariupol Greek: пипе́р (pipjér)
  • Latin: piper (see there for further descendants)
  • New Latin: peperomia

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέπερι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1173-4

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