Where does “peignage” come from?
peignage (French) comes from French peigner, from Old French paigner, from Latin pectinō, from Latin pectināre, from Latin pecten, from Proto-Italic pekten, from Proto-Indo-European peḱten-s, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.
peignage (French): combing
Ancestry of “peignage”, step by step