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Where does “pennache” come from?

pennache (Middle French) comes from Italian pennacchio, from Vulgar Latin pinnaclum, from Latin pinnāculum, from Latin Pinna, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic petnā, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂r̥, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

pennache (Middle French): a plume of feathers

Definitions

  1. a plume of feathers

Ancestry of “pennache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpennacchioplume
2Vulgar Latinpinnaclum—
3Latinpinnāculum—
4LatinPinna—
5Latinpennawing; feather, especially a flight-feather;...
6Proto-Italicpetnāfeather; wing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpéth₂r̥wing; feather
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

Words derived from “pennache”

  • panache
  • panacherie
  • panache
  • panache
  • empanacher
  • panachage
  • panacher
  • panachure
  • Panaschieren
  • panaschieren
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