Where does “pétrin” come from?
pétrin (French) comes from Old French pestrin, from Latin pistrinum, from Latin pistor, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
pétrin (French): kneading trough; a pickle, mess, scrape, the soup
Definitions
- kneading trough; a pickle, mess, scrape, the soup
Ancestry of “pétrin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pestrin | — |
| 2 | Latin | pistrinum | mill; bakery; drudgery, oppressive labor |
| 3 | Latin | pistor | pounder of far/spelt; miller and/or baker |
| 4 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 5 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |