pion
Dutch (Brabantic)
/piˈɔn/, /ˈpi.ɔn/
noun
Definitions
- (chess) pawn
- (boardgames) piece, pawn generic player piece in boardgames resembling the pawn in chess
- (figurative) pawn someone without control, one who is (easily) manipulated
Etymology
Borrowed from French pion (pawn) derived from Middle French pion derived from Old French peon (pawn) derived from Latin pedō.
Origin
Latin
pedō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- peon English
- pedō Latin
- pedōnem, pedō Latin
- a Dutch, Flemish
- a-pion Dutch, Flemish
- b Dutch, Flemish
- b-pion Dutch, Flemish
- c Dutch, Flemish
- c-pion Dutch, Flemish
- d Dutch, Flemish
- d-pion Dutch, Flemish
- e Dutch, Flemish
- e-pion Dutch, Flemish
- f Dutch, Flemish
- f-pion Dutch, Flemish
- g Dutch, Flemish
- g-pion Dutch, Flemish
- h Dutch, Flemish
- h-pion Dutch, Flemish
- vrij Dutch, Flemish
- vrijpion Dutch, Flemish
- morpion French
- pion French
- pionique French
- pionner French
- peón Spanish, Castilian
- peon Old French
- peonier Old French
- pion Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πιόνι Greek (modern)
- pion Indonesian
- piono Ido
- piyon Turkish
- pion Afrikaans
- pion Middle French
- פּיאָן Yiddish
- poun xno