peat

Etymology 1

Late Middle English, from British Vulgar Latin peta, probably ultimately from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”).

noun

  1. Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.

Etymology 2

Compare pet (“a favourite”).

noun

  1. (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.

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