Etymograph

English

puceron

Puceron comes from French puce ‘a flea’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plus-1‘flea’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūlicem1
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400puce1
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentpuce2‘a flea’
  5. Englishtodaypuceron2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French puce
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English puceron

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plus-Wiktionary, French puce‘flea’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūlicemWiktionary, French puce
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400puceWiktionary, French puce
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentpuceWiktionary, English puceron‘a flea’
  5. EnglishtodaypuceronWiktionary, English puceron

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *plus-

Today it means

noun Any of a number of plant live, or aphids.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “puceron”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for French puce. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plus- / puceron

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