Where does “pega” come from?

pega (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

Ancestry of “pega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpeca—
2Latinpīcamagpie
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

Words derived from “pega”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Latin pīca →Every word from Vulgar Latin peca →