köken: From Middle High German kinne, from Old High German kinni, from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). Compare Low German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn.
köken: Inherited from Old French menton, mentun, from Vulgar Latin *mentō (accusative *mentōnem), from Classical Latin mentum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project”). Compare Occitan menton, Catalan mentó, Romansh mintun.
aile: double menton, mentonnière
On put remarquer qu’il avait des petits yeux en amande, et qu’un pli vertical faisait de son menton un derrière de bébé.
köken: From Proto-Iranian *jánukah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰánuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎 (zānu), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Welsh gen, Dutch kin, English chin, German Kinn.
köken: From a Vulgar Latin root *barbilia, from Latin barba, or alternatively from Romanian barbă + -ie. Compare Spanish barbijo and Italian barbiglio.