Where does “paunch” come from?

Paunch comes from Middle English paunche, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex, meaning belly or abdomen.

paunch (English): The first compartment of the stomach of a...

Definitions

  1. The first compartment of the stomach of a...

Ancestry of “paunch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpaunchestomach, belly; innards, guts
2Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
3Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts

Words derived from “paunch”

Every word from Latin pantex →Every word from Old French pance →Every word from Middle English paunche →