Morpheme
Pigeon
Type
free base
Denotation
young dove; literally chirping bird
Etymology
Early Middle English pijoun; Middle English pygeoun; Old French pyjon, pijon, pigeon; Latin pīpiōnem, from pīpiō, from pīpiāre, of onomatopoeic origin
Evidence
antipigeon, pigeon, pigeonable, pigeonberry, pigeondom, pigeoneer, pigeoner, pigeonfoot, pigeongram, pigeongrass, pigeonhawk, pigeonhole, pigeonholing, pigeonhouse, pigeonless, pigeonlike, pigeonplum, pigeonry, pigeons, pigeonweed, pigeonwood, pigeony, stoolpigeon
Notes
homophone of Pidgin
