Where does “picaresco” come from?

picaresco (Portuguese) comes from Spanish picaresco, from Spanish -esco, from Spanish -sco, from Late Latin -iscus.

picaresco (Portuguese): picaresque

Definitions

  1. picaresque

Ancestry of “picaresco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpicarescopicaresque
2Spanish-escoAlternative form of -sco; -esque
3Spanish-scoForms adjectives that signify "relation" to the...
4Late Latin-iscus—
Every word from Late Latin -iscus →Every word from Spanish -esco →Every word from Spanish -sco →