Where does “bicuda” come from?

bicuda (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Bico, from Pali bhikkhu, from Sanskrit भिक्षु — mendicant, beggar; A Buddhist monk.

bicuda (Portuguese): any fish of the family Belonidae

Definitions

  1. any fish of the family Belonidae

Ancestry of “bicuda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBicoAnatomical structure
2Palibhikkhubeggar; Buddhist monk
3Sanskritभिक्षुmendicant, beggar; A Buddhist monk
Every word from Sanskrit भिक्षु →Every word from Pali bhikkhu →Every word from Portuguese Bico →