Where does “despedazamiento” come from?

despedazamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish despedazar, from Spanish pedazo, from Old Spanish pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον, from Ancient Greek πιττά, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

despedazamiento (Spanish): ripping/tearing apart, shredding to pieces

Definitions

  1. ripping/tearing apart, shredding to pieces

Ancestry of “despedazamiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdespedazarto tear to pieces
2Spanishpedazopiece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite; patch; scrap
3Old Spanishpedaçopiece, fragment
4Vulgar Latinpitaccium
5Ancient Greekπιττάκιονwriting tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,...
6Ancient Greekπιττάpitch, tar
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH-Every word from Ancient Greek πιττάEvery word from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον