English

Peabody

Peabody comes from Middle English Pebody.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of pea ‘peacock’ + body ‘body, person’

Ancient Greek πίσον ‘pea, pease, seed of the plant Pisum sativum’

Latin pisa

Old English pise

Middle English pese ‘a pea’

English pea

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‘to be awake’

Proto-West Germanic *bodag ‘body’

Old English bodiġ ‘body’

Middle English body

English body

Every English word from Middle English Pebody

name A surname transferred from the nickname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.