Where does “nocepesca” come from?
nocepesca (Italian) comes from Italian pesco, from Vulgar Latin pessicus, from Latin Persicus, from Ancient Greek περσικός, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, from Proto-Iranian párcuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian párćuš — chest; rib.
nocepesca (Italian): nectarine
Ancestry of “nocepesca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | pesco | peach; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pessicus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Persicus | Persian |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περσικός | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Πέρσης | a Persian |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 | a Persian |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | párcuš | rib |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | párćuš | rib |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pérḱus | chest; rib |