different between paeon vs peon

English

Noun

paeon (plural paeons)

1. (poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.

Related terms

• paean

Anagrams

• -pnoea, Epona, Paone, Peano, Poean

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (pai?n), variant of ????? (paián).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pae?.o?n/, [?päe?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pe.on/, [?p???n]

Noun

pae?n m (genitive pae?nis); third declension

1. (poetry, prosody) paeon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: paeon
• Italian: peone

References

• paeon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paeon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From a combination of Middle French pion, peon and Spanish peón, both from Late Latin ped?, ped?nem (“footsoldier”). Doublet of pawn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?.?n/, /pe???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pi.?n/, /?pe?.?n/
• (especially sense 3, obsolete) IPA^(key): /p??u?n/, /pju?n/

Noun

peon (plural peons)

1. A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
2. (figuratively) A person of low rank or importance.
3. (India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.

Related terms

• peonage

Translations

References

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “peon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Nope, nope, open, peno-, pone

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pion

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Noun

peon m (definite singular peonen, indefinite plural peoner, definite plural peonene)

1. a peony (genus Paeonia)

Derived terms

• peonrød

References

• “peon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pion

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Noun

peon m (definite singular peonen, indefinite plural peonar, definite plural peonane)

1. a peony (genus Paeonia)

References

• “peon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.