Where does “pice” come from?

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

pice (Latin): vocative singular of pīcus; ablative singular of...

Definitions

  1. vocative singular of pīcus; ablative singular of...

Ancestry of “pice”, step by step

pice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pix

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

via Latin picus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpicusa woodpecker; a griffin
2Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →