The story
- Latin · derived frompecten“comb”
- English todaypecten
From Latin pecten (“comb”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpecten all →
pectinibranchiate
First known use, by meaning
- 15th–16th c. The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.