Where does “millepertuis” come from?
millepertuis (French) comes from French pertuis, from Catalan Pertús, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere, from Latin pertundo, from Latin tundo, from Proto-Italic tundō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd- — to praise, laud.
millepertuis (French): St John's wort
Definitions
- St John's wort
Ancestry of “millepertuis”, step by step
millepertuis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pertuis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pertuis | hole |
| 2 | Catalan | Pertús | town of the Vallespir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France |
| 3 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 4 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 6 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |