How did the Piebald get its name and Where does the word “Piebald” come from?

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Karen Hill

Thank fortune, one may be bald without being piebald.

The element pie, in this case, relates to the magpie, a bird with feathers splotched with two colors, a bird called pica by the Romans, whence the English pie.

Originally one of the two colors was, as with the bird, always a white spot, having thus the appearance of a bald spot.

Actually, therefore, piebald originally related to the white-spotted pie. (See also skewbald.)

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