Where does “pyès” come from?

pyès (Haitian Creole) comes from French pièce, from Middle French piece, from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.

pyès (Haitian Creole): piece, part

Definitions

  1. piece, part

Ancestry of “pyès”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpièceroom; piece; coin
2Middle Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; moment
3Old Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes
4Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
5Latinpettiapiece, portion
6Gaulishpettyā—
7Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion
Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis →Every word from Gaulish pettyā →Every word from Latin pettia →