Etymograph

English

Poitiers

Poitiers comes from Old French Peitiers, and goes back to Latin Pictāva.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPictāva
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Peitiers
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Poictiers
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentPoitiers
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPictāva
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Peitiers
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Poictiers
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentPoitiers
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Directly borrowed from French Poitiers, Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

Every English word from Latin Pictāva

Today it means

name A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Pictāva / Poitiers

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