Where does “peixeiro” come from?

peixeiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese peixe, from Old Portuguese peixe, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

peixeiro (Portuguese): fishmonger

Definitions

  1. fishmonger

Ancestry of “peixeiro”, step by step

peixeiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese peixe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepeixefish
2Old PortuguesepeixeAlternative form of peyxe
3LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
4Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—

via Latin piscarius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiscariusof or pertaining to fish or fishing; fishmonger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Old Portuguese peixe →