Where does “pesco” come from?
pesco (Galician) comes from Galician pescar, from Old Portuguese pescar, from Vulgar Latin piscare, from Latin piscari, from Latin piscor, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
pesco (Galician): fisherman; trap or damn for fishing
Definitions
- fisherman; trap or damn for fishing
Ancestry of “pesco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | pescar | to fish; to catch, grasp; capture |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pescar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | piscare | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | piscari | present active infinitive of piscor; to fish |
| 5 | Latin | piscor | I fish |
| 6 | Latin | Piscis | the Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *peysk- | — |