English
hill pigeon
hill + pigeon
Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’
Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’
Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’
Old English hyll ‘hill’
Middle English hil ‘hill’
English hill
Latin pipio
Old French pyjon
Middle French pigeon
Middle English pygeoun ‘a dove or pigeon, especially if young or when…’
English pigeon
Today it means
noun Columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hill pigeon