Where does “quenouille” come from?
quenouille (English) comes from French quenouille, from Late Latin conucula, from Latin colucula, from Latin colus, from Proto-Italic kʷelus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷélus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
quenouille (English): The distaff used in quenouille training
Definitions
- The distaff used in quenouille training
Ancestry of “quenouille”, step by step