Where does “petren” come from?
petren (Haitian Creole) comes from French pétrin, from Old French pestrin, from Latin pistrinum, from Latin pistor, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
petren (Haitian Creole): dough
Definitions
- dough
Ancestry of “petren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pétrin | kneading trough; a pickle, mess, scrape, the soup |
| 2 | Old French | pestrin | — |
| 3 | Latin | pistrinum | mill; bakery; drudgery, oppressive labor |
| 4 | Latin | pistor | pounder of far/spelt; miller and/or baker |
| 5 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 6 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |