Where does “pòle” come from?

pòle (Piedmontese) comes from Latin pollicem, from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

pòle (Piedmontese): thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb

Ancestry of “pòle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollicemaccusative singular of pollex
2Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
Every word from Latin pollex →Every word from Latin pollicem →