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

Definitions

  1. pétanque

Ancestry of “pétanque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanpèfoot
2Old Occitanpefoot
3Latinpēdem—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “pétanque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →