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Where does “couleur puce” come from?

couleur puce (French) comes from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

couleur puce (French): flea-colored

Definitions

  1. flea-colored

Ancestry of “couleur puce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlex—
2Proto-Indo-European*plus-—

Words derived from “couleur puce”

  • puce
  • piws
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →