Where does “pucer” come from?

pucer (French) comes from French puce, from Old French puce, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

pucer (French): To chip

Definitions

  1. To chip

Ancestry of “pucer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpuceflea
2Old Frenchpuceflea
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

Words derived from “pucer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →Every word from Old French puce →