Etymograph

English

Poitou

Poitou comes from French Poitou, and goes back to Latin Pictāvus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPictāvus
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentPoitou
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPictāvus
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentPoitou
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Latin Pictāvus

Today it means

name A geographic region and former province of France, whose capital was Poitiers; now split between the administrative regions of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire.

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Etymograph / Latin Pictāvus / Poitou

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