Where does “peciaiolo” come from?

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

peciaiolo (Italian): a container of pitch

Definitions

  1. a container of pitch

Ancestry of “peciaiolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpecepitch
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →