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

  1. piece, fragment, part, component of a larger or...

Ancestry of “peza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepeça—
2Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
3Latinpettiapiece, portion
4Gaulishpettyā—
5Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion
Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis →Every word from Gaulish pettyā →Every word from Latin pettia →