Where does “pétrir” come from?
pétrir (French) comes from Vulgar Latin pistrire, from Latin pistor, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
pétrir (French): to knead; to mould into shape
Definitions
- to knead; to mould into shape
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