Where does “pix” come from?

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

pix (Latin): pitch, tar

Definitions

  1. pitch, tar

Ancestry of “pix”, step by step

pix traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European pik-

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

via Proto-Italic *piks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*piks—

Words derived from “pix”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →