Where does “pescada” come from?
pescada (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pescar, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
pescada (Portuguese): whiting
Ancestry of “pescada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | pescar | to fish; to remove an object from a body of water |
| 2 | Latin | Piscis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *peysk- | — |