Where does “pousyè” come from?

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

pousyè (Haitian Creole): dust

Definitions

  1. dust

Ancestry of “pousyè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpoussièredust; speck of dust
2Old Frenchpous—
3Latinpulsmeal, porridge
4Ancient Greekπόλτοςporridge made of flour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeldust, flour; to drive, strike, thrust
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