Where does “piws” come from?
piws (Welsh) comes from English puce, from French puce, from Old French puce, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.
piws (Welsh): purple
Ancestry of “piws”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | puce | A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less... |
| 2 | French | puce | flea; chip , silicon chip; bullet |
| 3 | Old French | puce | flea |
| 4 | Latin | pūlex | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *plus- | — |