Where does “poussière” come from?

poussière (French) comes from Old French pous, from Latin puls, from Ancient Greek πόλτος, from Proto-Indo-European pel — dust, flour; to drive, strike, thrust.

poussière (French): dust; speck of dust

Definitions

  1. dust; speck of dust

Ancestry of “poussière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpous—
2Latinpulsmeal, porridge
3Ancient Greekπόλτοςporridge made of flour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeldust, flour; to drive, strike, thrust

Words derived from “poussière”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel →Every word from Ancient Greek πόλτος →Every word from Latin puls →