Etymograph

English

poussin

Poussin comes from French poussin ‘chick’, and goes back to Latin pullus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpullus‘chick, chicken’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpullicēnus‘a chick, chicken’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentpoussin‘chick’
  4. Englishtodaypoussin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpullus‘chick, chicken’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpullicēnus‘a chick, chicken’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentpoussin‘chick’
  4. Englishtodaypoussin

Linked words

through Latin pullus ‘chick, chicken’

pony, poultry, poulter, 13 more

Today it means

noun A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age.

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

Etymograph / Latin pullus / poussin

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