Where does “panache” come from?
Panache comes from French panache, derived from Middle French pennache, from Italian pennacchio, ultimately from Latin pinna meaning feather or wing.
panache (English): An ornamental plume on a helmet; Flamboyance,...
Definitions
- An ornamental plume on a helmet; Flamboyance,...
Ancestry of “panache”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | panache | panache; the bulk of antlers of deer and moose |
| 2 | Middle French | pennache | a plume of feathers |
| 3 | Italian | pennacchio | plume |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pinnaclum | — |
| 5 | Latin | pinnāculum | a peak, pinnacle |
| 6 | Latin | Pinna | A city of the Vestini situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, now the town of Penne |
| 7 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |