Etymology of the English word pierce
the English word
piercederived from the Old French word
percerderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*pertusiarederived from the Latin word
pertusus (perforated; leaky)
derived from the Latin word
pertundere (bore through, perforate)
derived from the Latin word
tundere (beat; bruise, pulp)
using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perDerivations in English
pierced,
piercingCognates
French
percer, Italian
pertugiare, Provençal
pertusarUsage
Word found in Modern English
