Where does “pétulance” come from?
pétulance (Middle French) comes from Latin petulantia, from Latin petulans, from Latin petulō, from Latin petō, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂eti, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.
Ancestry of “pétulance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | petulantia | impudence; wantonness; petulance |
| 2 | Latin | petulans | pert, saucy, impudent, wanton; freakish; petulant |
| 3 | Latin | petulō | — |
| 4 | Latin | petō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂eti | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |
Words derived from “pétulance”