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
- A mahjong tile; A poker chip; a disk-shaped...
Ancestry of “petsas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | piezas | plural of pieza |
| 2 | Spanish | pieza | piece, part; room; ordinary |
| 3 | Late Latin | pettia | piece |
| 4 | Gaulish | pettyā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kʷezdis | piece, portion |