Piper
/ˈpaɪ.pər/noun
A person who plays the pipe or pipes; especially a musician who plays a pipe instrument.
Did you know?Piper comes from the same deep root behind words for a pipe or flute in several Indo-European languages, showing how music and ritual often shared the same vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pei-
“to blow, swell, or puff”
Late Latin
Latin
pīpāre
“to peep or chirp”
Old French
Old French
piper
“to chirp, whistle, or pipe”
Middle English
English
piper
“a player of a pipe or flute”
Modern English
English
piper
“a person who plays a pipe or pipes”