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Where does “pece” come from?

pece (Italian) comes from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pece (Italian): pitch

Definitions

  1. pitch

Ancestry of “pece”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpixpitch, tar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “pece”

  • impeciatura
  • pecioso
  • impeciare
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