Where does “empegar” come from?

empegar (Occitan) comes from Catalan pega, from Vulgar Latin pica, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

empegar (Occitan): to glue

Definitions

  1. to glue

Ancestry of “empegar”, step by step

empegar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan pega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpegapitch, tar; bad luck
2Vulgar Latinpicamagpie
3Latinpixpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Occitan pega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanpegaglue

via Occitan en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanen

Words derived from “empegar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik-Every word from Latin pix