Where does “pegar” come from?

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

pegar (Portuguese): to catch; to engage in a romantic and/or sexual...

Definitions

  1. to catch; to engage in a romantic and/or sexual...

Ancestry of “pegar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pegar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →