Where does “pescaiolo” come from?

pescaiolo (Italian) comes from Italian pesca, from Italian pescare, from Latin piscor, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pescaiolo (Italian): a barrier in a river designed to catch fish

Definitions

  1. a barrier in a river designed to catch fish

Ancestry of “pescaiolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpescapeach; fishing; fishing boat
2Italianpescareto fish; to get; to draw
3LatinpiscorI fish
4LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
5Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →