pesche

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛske/

Noun

pesche f

1. plural of pesca (peach)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeske/

Noun

pesche f

1. plural of pesca (fishing)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pesche.

Noun

pesche f (plural pesches)

1. peach (fruit)

References

• pesche on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• persche

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicus.

Noun

pesche oblique singular, f (oblique plural pesches, nominative singular pesche, nominative plural pesches)

1. peach (fruit)

Descendants

• → Middle English: peche
  • English: peach
    • → Abenaki: biches (from the plural peaches)
    • →? Arapaho: biisib
    • → Bengali: পীচ (pic) (probably)
    • → Haida: píichas
    • → Malay: pic (probably)
    • →? Maori: pītiti
    • → Swahili: pichi (probably)
    • → Thai: พีช (píit)
• Middle French: pesche
  • French: pêche
• Norman: pêche
• Walloon: pexhî

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (2. peche, supplement)
• pesche on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub