Where does “niepce” come from?

niepce (Middle French) comes from Old French niece, from Latin neptia, from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “niepce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnieceniece
2Latinneptiagranddaughter
3Latinneptisgranddaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
5Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “niepce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ →