Where does “piteiro” come from?

piteiro (Galician) comes from Galician pita, from Spanish pita, from Greek πίτα, from Byzantine Greek πίτα — cake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

piteiro (Galician): vegetable garden

Definitions

  1. vegetable garden

Ancestry of “piteiro”, step by step

piteiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician pita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpitahen; century plant
2Spanishpitacentury plant; pita
3Greekπίταpita, pie; pie; very drunk, stoned
4Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

via Proto-Celtic pett-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticpett-part, bit, piece
Every word from Byzantine Greek πίταEvery word from Greek πίταEvery word from Spanish pita