Where does “pedazo” come from?
pedazo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον, from Ancient Greek πιττά, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.
pedazo (Spanish): piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite; patch; scrap
Definitions
- piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite; patch; scrap
Ancestry of “pedazo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Spanish | pedaço | piece, fragment |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pitaccium | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πιττάκιον | writing tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πιττά | pitch, tar |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |