Where does “piece” come from?

piece (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.

piece (Old French): piece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes

Definitions

  1. piece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes

Ancestry of “piece”, step by step

piece traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin pettia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
2Latinpettiapiece, portion
3Gaulishpettyā—
4Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion

via Latin petia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpetia—

via Late Latin pettia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinpettiapiece

Words derived from “piece”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis →Every word from Gaulish pettyā →Every word from Latin pettia →