pennache

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pennacchio.

Noun

pennache f (plural pennaches)

1. a plume of feathers

Descendants

• French: panache
  • → English: panache
  • → Italian: panache
  • → Romanian: panaș

References

• Etymology and history of “panache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.