Where does “peixota” come from?

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

peixota (Portuguese): common name for fish of species "Merluccius" or...

Definitions

  1. common name for fish of species "Merluccius" or...

Ancestry of “peixota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepeixefish
2Old PortuguesepeixeAlternative form of peyxe
3LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
4Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Old Portuguese peixe →