Where does “PICA” come from?

PICA (English) comes from Medieval Latin pica, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

PICA (English): Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon...

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon...

Ancestry of “PICA”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinpicapica: a service book; pie
2Latinpīcamagpie
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

Words derived from “PICA”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Latin pīca →Every word from Medieval Latin pica →