Etymology

pétanque

pé·tanque

Today it means: A form of boules originating from the south of France. Full definition →

French pétanque ← Occitan petanca ← Provençal petanca
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The story

  1. Provençalpetanca
  2. Occitanpetanca
  3. Frenchpétanque
  4. English todaypétanque

Borrowed from French pétanque.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.