Where does “pescotapa” come from?
pescotapa (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pescoço, 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 — afterwards, post; by, at.
pescotapa (Portuguese): a slap on the neck
Definitions
- a slap on the neck
Ancestry of “pescotapa”, step by step
pescotapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese pescoço
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pescoço | neck part of body |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pescoço | — |
| 3 | Old Spanish | pescoço | — |
| 4 | Old Spanish | *poscoço | — |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |