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
- The upper front brow of a saddle; A rounded knob...
Ancestry of “pommel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pomel | pommel |
| 2 | Old French | pomel | decorate sphere on the end of a sword, a staff,... |
| 3 | Old French | el | something else |
| 4 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aljos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |
Words derived from “pommel”