Pie \pai\ , noun;
Pie meaning "pastry" dates to the 1300's from Middle Latin
pie ("meat or fish enclosed in pastry"), which might be related to Middle Latin
pia ("pie, pastry"). It could also be related to
pica ("magpie") because of the bird's habit of collecting random objects.
Fun fact:
Pie has no related words outside of English except Gaelic
pighe, which was borrowed from English.
Another fun fact: Fruit
pies didn't start to appear until the 1600's.
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