Where does “peice” come from?

peice (Middle English) comes from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.

Ancestry of “peice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes
2Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
3Latinpettiapiece, portion
4Gaulishpettyā
5Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion
Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdisEvery word from Gaulish pettyāEvery word from Latin pettia
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