Etymograph

English

pogue

Pogue comes from Irish póg ‘kiss’, from Latin pāx ‘peace’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to join, to attach’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ḱ-‘to join, to attach’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂ḱ-s‘peace’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāks‘peace’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāx‘peace’
  5. Irishc. 1200–presentpóg‘kiss’
  6. Englishtodaypogue

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ḱ-‘to join, to attach’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂ḱ-s‘peace’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāks‘peace’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāx‘peace’
  5. Irishc. 1200–presentpóg‘kiss’
  6. Englishtodaypogue

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to join, to attach’

fair, pact, fang, fay, gaffe, 8 more

through Latin pāx ‘peace’

peace, pace, repay, pax, pacifist, pacifism, 5 more

Today it means

noun A kiss.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- / pogue

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