Where does “piceo” come from?

piceo (Esperanto) comes from Latin picea, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

piceo (Esperanto): spruce

Definitions

  1. spruce

Ancestry of “piceo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiceaspruce family
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →