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Where does “pesce pietra” come from?

pesce pietra (Italian) comes from Italian pesce, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pesce pietra (Italian): stonefish

Definitions

  1. stonefish

Ancestry of “pesce pietra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpescefish
2LatinPiscis—
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →