Where does “empoissonnement” come from?
empoissonnement (French) comes from French empoissonner, from French Poisson, from Middle French poisson, from Old French poisson, from Old French peis, from Vulgar Latin pesum, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
empoissonnement (French): the stocking up with fish, the act of populating...
Definitions
- the stocking up with fish, the act of populating...
Ancestry of “empoissonnement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | empoissonner | to stock with fish; to populate with fish |
| 2 | French | Poisson | fish marine animal |
| 3 | Middle French | poisson | fish |
| 4 | Old French | poisson | fish |
| 5 | Old French | peis | Alternative form of pais; Alternative form of... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |