Where does “pegră” come from?

pegră (Romanian) comes from French pègre, from Latin picō, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pegră (Romanian): underworld

Definitions

  1. underworld

Ancestry of “pegră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpègreunderworld, mob
2Latinpicōto smear with pitch, to tar
3Latinpixpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →