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Where does “pigídio” come from?

pigídio (Portuguese) comes from Translingual pygidium, from Ancient Greek πυγή, from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂.

pigídio (Portuguese): pygidium

Definitions

  1. pygidium

Ancestry of “pigídio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualpygidium—
2Ancient Greekπυγήrump, buttocks; = οὐρά
3Proto-Indo-European*spugeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂ →