Where does “pąsowy” come from?
pąsowy (Polish) comes from French ponceau, from Old French puncel, from Latin ponticellus, from Latin ponticulus, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō — to shine, shimmer.
pąsowy (Polish): light red
Definitions
- light red
Ancestry of “pąsowy”, step by step
pąsowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French ponceau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ponceau | corn poppy; poppy colour; a small bridge |
| 2 | Old French | puncel | — |
| 3 | Latin | ponticellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ponticulus | little bridge |
| 5 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 6 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 7 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
via Polish pas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pas | belt; fess; pass |
| 2 | French | pas | step, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch |
| 3 | Old French | pas | pace; step; Alternative form of past |
| 4 | Latin | pāstus | having eaten, consumed |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |