Where does “pícea” come from?

pícea (Portuguese) comes from Latin picea, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pícea (Portuguese): spruce

Definitions

  1. spruce

Ancestry of “pícea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiceaspruce family
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
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