Etymology of the English word penknife
the English word
penknifederived from the English word
penderived from the English word
pennederived from the Old French word
pennederived from the Latin word
penna (feather; pinna, feather; feather; feather, wing)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pet-derived from the Classical Latin word
pinna (feather; feather; wing; fin; lobe)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pet-derived from the Italian word
pennederived from the Italian word
pennaderived from the English word
knifederived from the Old Norse word
knifrderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*knibazUsage
Word found in Modern English
