Where does “pétanque” come from?
pétanque (French) comes from Occitan pè, from Old Occitan pe, from Latin pēdem, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
pétanque (French): pétanque
Ancestry of “pétanque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Occitan | pè | foot |
| 2 | Old Occitan | pe | foot |
| 3 | Latin | pēdem | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
Words derived from “pétanque”