Where does “Pouliot” come from?

Pouliot (English) comes from French Pouliot, from Latin pulegium, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

Ancestry of “Pouliot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPouliotPouliot: mostly found in Quebec
2Latinpulegiumpennyroyal
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →Every word from Latin pulegium →