Where does “pantois” come from?

pantois (French) comes from Old French pantoisier, from Latin pantasiare.

pantois (French): gobsmacked, stunned, flabbergasted

Definitions

  1. gobsmacked, stunned, flabbergasted

Ancestry of “pantois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpantoisierto breathe with difficulty
2Latinpantasiare—
Every word from Latin pantasiare →Every word from Old French pantoisier →