English

feedpipe

From feed + pipe.

A compound of feed + pipe

Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną ‘to feed’

Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan ‘to feed’

Old English fēdan ‘to feed’

Middle English feden

English feed

Latin pīpō ‘to pip, peep’

Vulgar Latin *pīpa

Proto-West Germanic *pīpā

Old English pīpe

Middle English pīpe ‘a piece of tubing which string or rope is…’

English pipe

Today it means

noun A pipe that feeds material into or through a system.

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

Etymograph / feedpipe