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Where does “pouce” come from?

pouce (Norman) comes from Old French pouce, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

pouce (Norman): inch

Definitions

  1. inch

Ancestry of “pouce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoucethumb
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
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