Where does “пірсинг” come from?
пірсинг (Ukrainian) comes from English piercing, from English pierce, from Middle English perce, from Old French percier, from Latin pertusiāre, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere, from Latin pertundo — to praise, laud.
пірсинг (Ukrainian): piercing
Definitions
- piercing
Ancestry of “пірсинг”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piercing | present participle of pierce; The action of the... |
| 2 | English | pierce | to puncture; to break through; to create a hole... |
| 3 | Middle English | perce | pierce |
| 4 | Old French | percier | to pierce |
| 5 | Latin | pertusiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 7 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 9 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |