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Where does “pez” come from?

pez (Old Spanish) comes from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pez (Old Spanish): pitch, tar; fish

Definitions

  1. pitch, tar; fish

Ancestry of “pez”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pez”

  • pececillo
  • pecera
  • pez
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