Where does “pescoço” come from?

pescoço (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pescoço, from Old Spanish pescoço, from Old Spanish *poscoço, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.

pescoço (Portuguese): neck part of body

Definitions

  1. neck part of body

Ancestry of “pescoço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepescoço
2Old Spanishpescoço
3Old Spanish*poscoço
4Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
5Latinposteablative singular of postis
6Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “pescoço

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European póstiEvery word from Proto-Italic posti