Where does “peza” come from?
peza (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese peça, from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.
peza (Galician): piece, fragment, part, component of a larger or...
Definitions
- piece, fragment, part, component of a larger or...
Ancestry of “peza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | peça | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pettia | piece, portion |
| 3 | Latin | pettia | piece, portion |
| 4 | Gaulish | pettyā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kʷezdis | piece, portion |