Where does “peu” come from?
peu (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan pe, from Latin pēdem, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
peu (Catalan): foot
Ancestry of “peu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | pe | foot |
| 2 | Latin | pēdem | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |