Where does “fustaine” come from?

fustaine (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

fustaine (Old French): A cotton fabric ancestral to modern fustian

Definitions

  1. A cotton fabric ancestral to modern fustian

Ancestry of “fustaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinfustaneum—
2Latinfustisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “fustaine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Latin fustis →