Where does “pouce” come from?

pouce (French) comes from Old French pouce, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

pouce (French): thumb; inch

Definitions

  1. thumb; inch

Ancestry of “pouce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoucethumb
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Words derived from “pouce”

Every word from Latin pollex →Every word from Old French pouce →