Etymograph

English

Pi Day

pi + day, from the date March 14th in the month/day format (that is, 3/14), 3, 1 and 4 being the first three significant digits of the mathematical constant π.

A compound of pi + day

Proto-Semitic *pay- ‘mouth’

Ancient Greek πεῖ ‘pi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π (P),…’

Koine Greek πῖ

English pi

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old English dæġ ‘day’

Middle English day ‘a day’

English day

Today it means

name March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi).

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

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