The story
- Latin · derived frompūmex“pumice stone”
- Old French · derived frompomis“pumice stone”
- English todaypumice
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.
Words from the same roots
Latinpūmex all →
pounceponcif
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.