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Where does “pico” come from?

pico (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese pico, from Vulgar Latin piccus, from Latin pīcus.

pico (Galician): peak; summit; top; a hill or mountain that ends...

Definitions

  1. peak; summit; top; a hill or mountain that ends...

Ancestry of “pico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepico—
2Vulgar Latinpiccussharp point; sharp point, peak; spike, pike
3Latinpīcus—

Words derived from “pico”

  • picar
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