Where does “pic” come from?
pic (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin picca, from Latin pittus, from Proto-Celtic bikkos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰég-ko-s, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
pic (Romanian): a drop; a bit
Ancestry of “pic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | picca | — |
| 2 | Latin | pittus | small, little |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | bikkos | small, little |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰég-ko-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |