Where does “piece” come from?
piece (Middle French) comes from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.
piece (Middle French): piece, bit, part; moment
Ancestry of “piece”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | piece | piece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pettia | piece, portion |
| 3 | Latin | pettia | piece, portion |
| 4 | Gaulish | pettyā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kʷezdis | piece, portion |
Words derived from “piece”