Pierce
Middle English: from Old French percer, based on Latin pertus- ‘bored through’, from the verb pertundere, from per ‘through’ + tundere ‘thrust’.
wiktionary
From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce(“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō(“thrust or bore through”), from per-(“through”) + tundō(“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þurhþȳrlian.
Borrowed from Japanese ピアス(piasu, “pierced earring”), itself from English pierce
etymonline
pierce (v.)
c. 1300 (c. 1200 as a surname), percen, "make a hole in; force one's way through; thrust through with or as with a sharp or pointed instrument," from Anglo-French perser, Old French percier "pierce, transfix, drive through" (12c., Modern French percer), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertusiare, frequentative of Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere "to thrust or bore through," from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + tundere "to beat, pound," from PIE *tund-, from root *(s)teu- "to push, strike, knock, beat, thrust" (see obtuse). Related: Pierced; piercing.
