poing

Concepts

fist

✊

knock

punch

👊

wrist

clenched fist

Synonyms

poigne

coup de poing

👊

poignet

Translations

Faust

✊

vuist

✊

pugno

✊

puño

✊

punho

✊

puny

✊

ponh

γροθιά

punh

pugnus

✊

knuist

yumruk

✊

مست

قَبْضَة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pwɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: poing

Inherited from Latin: pugnus

In summary

Inherited from Middle French poing (“fist”), from Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).