Where does “pommel” come from?

Pommel comes from Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel, from the Old French diminutive suffix -el, from Latin -alis and Latin -ellus.

pommel (English): The upper front brow of a saddle; A rounded knob...

Definitions

  1. The upper front brow of a saddle; A rounded knob...

Ancestry of “pommel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpomelpommel
2Old Frenchpomeldecorate sphere on the end of a sword, a staff,...
3Old Frenchelsomething else
4Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
5Proto-Italicaljosanother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “pommel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →