Pip \pip\ & Gazette \guh-ZET\

Gazette [noun] – a newspaper; official journal

Credit for origin of this word is given to the Italians, the word gazetta, but there is also a Spanish origin (etymonline.com).  There are two words of origin: a) from gazerra, meaning a magpie or chatterer; b) from farthing (small valued) coin, which was the price of a gazetta at the time.  It is believed the later, or b), is the correct Italian origin of the word.  As for Spanish origin, it comes from the Latin word gaza, which expands to gazetta.  This word means a little treasury of news.  Continuing with the Italian origin, gazetta was first used in Venice, Italy during the war with Soliman II during the mid-16th century.  Again, the newspaper was purchased using a coin, una gazetta.

France published the first gazette in the mid-17th century, and one in Germany in the mid-18th century.  England began publication of gazettes in the 17th and 18th century.  These were publications of bulletins containing government appointments and promotions, bankruptcies, property transfers, and more (Merriam-Webster Online).



Pip [verb] – to chirp or peep

This word’s origin is Lithuanian from the 1600s.  It comes from the sound a baby bird makes (Dictionary.com)