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Where does “petsas” come from?

petsas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish piezas, from Spanish pieza, from Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.

petsas (Cebuano): A mahjong tile; A poker chip; a disk-shaped...

Definitions

  1. A mahjong tile; A poker chip; a disk-shaped...

Ancestry of “petsas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpiezasplural of pieza
2Spanishpiezapiece, part; room; ordinary
3Late Latinpettiapiece
4Gaulishpettyā—
5Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion
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