poing
French
Etymology
From Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ-, *peuḱ- (“prick, punch”)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “poing” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus.
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /põɲ/, [põjɲ]
Noun
poing m (oblique plural poinz, nominative singular poinz, nominative plural poing)
- hand
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Maintenant la prist par le poing[.]
- -Now, he takes her by the hand
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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