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Where does “piescu” come from?

piescu (Asturian) comes from Old French piu, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

piescu (Asturian): peach; naughty, badly-behaved

Definitions

  1. peach; naughty, badly-behaved

Ancestry of “piescu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpiu—
2Latinpīus—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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