Where does “piécette” come from?

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

piécette (French): small coin; small room

Definitions

  1. small coin; small room

Ancestry of “piécette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpièceroom; piece; coin
2Middle Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; moment
3Old Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes
4Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
5Latinpettiapiece, portion
6Gaulishpettyā
7Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion

Words derived from “piécette

Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdisEvery word from Gaulish pettyāEvery word from Latin pettia
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