Where does “picadillo” come from?

picadillo (English) comes from Spanish picadillo, from Spanish picado, from Spanish picar, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

picadillo (English): Any of various Spanish or South American dishes...

Definitions

  1. Any of various Spanish or South American dishes...

Ancestry of “picadillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpicadillosalad; minced meat
2Spanishpicadorotten, spoiled; piqued; decayed
3Spanishpicarto itch; to sting; to chop
4Spanishpicobeak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe
5Old Spanishbico
6Latinbeccusbeak, bill
7Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
8Latin-āxish, -y
9Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
10Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
11Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius