Where does “pescar” come from?

pescar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin piscare, from Latin piscari, from Latin piscor, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Ancestry of “pescar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpiscaresecond-person singular present active imperative...
2Latinpiscaripresent active infinitive of piscor; to fish
3LatinpiscorI fish
4LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
5Proto-Indo-European*peysk-

Words derived from “pescar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-Every word from Latin PiscisEvery word from Latin piscor