Where does “pwason” come from?
pwason (Louisiana Creole French) comes from French poisson, from Old French peisson, from Old French poisson, from Old French peis, from Vulgar Latin pesum, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
pwason (Louisiana Creole French): fish
Ancestry of “pwason”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | poisson | fish |
| 2 | Old French | peisson | Alternative form of poisson |
| 3 | Old French | poisson | fish |
| 4 | Old French | peis | Alternative form of pais; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |