Where does “paunched” come from?

paunched (English) comes from English paunch, from Middle English paunche, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

paunched (English): simple past tense and past participle of paunch

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of paunch

Ancestry of “paunched”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaunchThe first compartment of the stomach of a...
2Middle Englishpaunchestomach, belly; innards, guts
3Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
4Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts
Every word from Latin pantex →