Etymograph

English

Peebles

Peebles comes from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll ‘tent, temporary settlement’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin păpiliō.

  1. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpăpiliō‘tent’
  2. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*pėbɨll‘tent, temporary settlement’reconstructed
  3. Scottish GaelicmodernNa
  4. Scotsc. 1450–presentPeebles
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpăpiliō‘tent’
  2. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*pėbɨll‘tent, temporary settlement’reconstructed
  3. Scottish GaelicmodernNa
  4. Scotsc. 1450–presentPeebles
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Vulgar Latin păpiliō ‘tent’

pavilion, papillon, 3 more

Today it means

name A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).

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

Etymograph / Vulgar Latin păpiliō / Peebles

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