Where does “pénultième” come from?
pénultième (French) comes from Latin paenultimus, from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
pénultième (French): penultimate
Ancestry of “pénultième”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | paenultimus | penultimate |
| 2 | Latin | paene | almost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
Words derived from “pénultième”