Where does “pouce” come from?

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

pouce (Old French): thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb

Ancestry of “pouce”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pouce

Every word from Latin pollex