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Added 8 October 2026

peat

/piːt/ noun

Latin root: text Wiktionary

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Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

noun

A pet, a darling; a woman.

Origin

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.

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