Where does “pez” come from?

pez (Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan pez, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pez (Portuguese): pitch

Definitions

  1. pitch

Ancestry of “pez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanpez—
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →