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Where does “pedaço” come from?

pedaço (Old Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον, from Ancient Greek πιττά, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

pedaço (Old Spanish): piece, fragment

Definitions

  1. piece, fragment

Ancestry of “pedaço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpitaccium—
2Ancient Greekπιττάκιονwriting tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,...
3Ancient Greekπιττάpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

Words derived from “pedaço”

  • pedazo
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