Etymology

paunch

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Today it means: The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. Full definition →

Middle English paunche ← Old Northern French panche ← Old French pance
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompantex
  2. Old French · derived frompance
  3. Old Northern French · derived frompanche
  4. Middle English · inherited frompaunche
  5. English todaypaunch

From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchpance all →

paunce

Latinpantex all →

panzer

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.