Where does “panacher” come from?
panacher (French) comes from French panache, from Middle French pennache, from Italian pennacchio, from Vulgar Latin pinnaclum, from Latin pinnāculum, from Latin Pinna, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic petnā — to spread out; to fly.
panacher (French): to add a panache; to mix colours; to mix
Definitions
- to add a panache; to mix colours; to mix
Ancestry of “panacher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | panache | panache; the bulk of antlers of deer and moose |
| 2 | Middle French | pennache | a plume of feathers |
| 3 | Italian | pennacchio | plume |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pinnaclum | — |
| 5 | Latin | pinnāculum | — |
| 6 | Latin | Pinna | — |
| 7 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |
Words derived from “panacher”