Where does “picea” come from?

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

picea (Latin): spruce family

Definitions

  1. spruce family

Ancestry of “picea”, step by step

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

Words derived from “picea

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