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Where does “peuce” come from?

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

Ancestry of “peuce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollicemaccusative singular of pollex
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Words derived from “peuce”

  • pouce
  • poucet
  • بوصة
  • pous
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