Where does “pous” come from?

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

pous (Réunion Creole French): thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb

Ancestry of “pous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpoucethumb; inch
2Old Frenchpoucethumb
3Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...
Every word from Latin pollex →Every word from Old French pouce →Every word from French pouce →