Where does “pececito” come from?

pececito (Spanish) comes from Spanish pez, from Old Spanish pez, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pececito (Spanish): little fish, fishy

Definitions

  1. little fish, fishy

Ancestry of “pececito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpezpitch, tar; fish; idiot, dimwit
2Old Spanishpezpitch, tar; fish
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 →