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Where does “pescatrice” come from?

pescatrice (Italian) comes from Latin piscātrīx, from Latin piscor, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pescatrice (Italian): female equivalent of pescatore

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of pescatore

Ancestry of “pescatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiscātrīx—
2LatinpiscorI fish
3LatinPiscis—
4Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “pescatrice”

  • rana pescatrice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →