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From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.

Inherited from Northern Middle English pete (recorded in Latin text as peta), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”); if so, it would be a doublet of piece.

Probably from Middle Dutch pete (“godmother or godfather”) (modern Dutch peet (“godparent, old woman, grandmother; godchild”)), related to dialectal German Pfette, Pfetter (“godfather; godchild”)), German Pate (“godfather, sponsor”), Patin (“godmother”). Or alternatively, related to pet (“a favourite”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ато́рф (atʼórf) — soil
• Albanian: torfë — soil
• Albanian: turbë — soil
• Arabic: خُثّ (ḵuṯṯ) — soil
• Armenian: տորֆ (torf) — soil
• Azerbaijani: torf — soil
• Basque: zohikatz — soil
• Belarusian: торф (torf) — soil
• Breton: taouarc'h — soil
• Bulgarian: торф (torf) — soil
• Catalan: torba — soil
• Chinese Mandarin: 泥炭 (nítàn) — soil
• Chinese Mandarin: 泥煤 (níméi) — soil
• Czech: rašelina — soil
• Danish: tørv — soil
• Dutch: turf — soil
• Dutch: veen — soil
• Esperanto: torfo — soil
• Faroese: torv — soil
• Finnish: turve — soil
• French: tourbe — soil
• Galician: turba — soil
• Georgian: ტორფი (ṭorpi) — soil
• German: Torf — soil
• Greek: τύρφη (týrfi) — soil
• Hebrew: כָּבוּל (kavul) — soil
• Hungarian: tőzeg — soil
• Icelandic: torf — soil
• Icelandic: mór — soil
• Irish: móin — soil
• Italian: torba — soil
• Japanese: 泥炭 (deitan) — soil
• Kazakh: шымтезек (şymtezek) — soil
• Kazakh: жертезек (jertezek) — soil
• Korean: 이탄 (itan) — soil
• Latvian: kūdra — soil
• Macedonian: тресет (treset) — soil
• Māori: rei — soil
• Norwegian Bokmål: torv — soil
• Norwegian Nynorsk: torv — soil
• Ossetian: торф (torf) — soil
• Persian: تورب (turb) — soil
• Persian: پوده (pude) — soil
• Polish: torf — soil
• Portuguese: turfa — soil
• Russian: торф (torf) — soil
• Scottish Gaelic: mòine — soil
• Scottish Gaelic: fàd — soil
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid — soil
• Serbo-Croatian: тресет — soil
• Serbo-Croatian: treset — soil
• Slovak: rašelina — soil
• Slovene: šota — soil
• Spanish: turba — soil
• Swedish: torv — soil
• Turkish: torf — soil
• Turkish: turba — soil
• Ukrainian: торф (torf) — soil
• Welsh: mawn — soil