peat

Meaning

Noun

• Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
• A pet, a darling; a woman.

Origin

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