Where does “peticos” come from?

peticos (Romanian) comes from Romanian petic, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον, from Ancient Greek πιττά, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

peticos (Romanian): patchy

Definitions

  1. patchy

Ancestry of “peticos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpeticpatch; shred; rag
2Ancient Greekπιττάκιονwriting tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,...
3Ancient Greekπιττάpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττά →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον →