Where does “pièce” come from?

pièce (French) comes from Middle French piece, from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.

pièce (French): room; piece; coin

Definitions

  1. room; piece; coin

Ancestry of “pièce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; moment
2Old Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes
3Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
4Latinpettiapiece, portion
5Gaulishpettyā—
6Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion

Words derived from “pièce”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis →Every word from Gaulish pettyā →Every word from Latin pettia →