Where does “puce” come from?

puce (Old French) comes from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

puce (Old French): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “puce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlexflea
2Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

Words derived from “puce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →