Where does “piche” come from?

piche (Middle English) comes from Old English piċ, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

Ancestry of “piche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpiċpitch
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
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