Where does “peigne” come from?

peigne (French) comes from Old French peigne, from Latin pecten, from Proto-Italic pekten, from Proto-Indo-European peḱten-s, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

peigne (French): comb; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. comb; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “peigne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeignecomb
2Latinpectencomb; pubic hair; scallop
3Proto-Italicpektencomb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱten-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “peigne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →