Where does “pixota” come from?

pixota (Catalan) comes from Galician pixa, from Catalan pixar, from Vulgar Latin pissiare, from Latin pissio — I piss.

pixota (Catalan): pearlfish

Definitions

  1. pearlfish

Ancestry of “pixota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpixapenis
2Catalanpixarto piss; to pee; to urinate
3Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
4LatinpissioI piss
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