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

  1. piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite; patch; scrap

Ancestry of “pedazo”, step by step

pedazo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish pedaço

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpedaçopiece, fragment
2Vulgar Latinpitaccium
3Ancient Greekπιττάκιονwriting tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,...
4Ancient Greekπιττάpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

via Old Portuguese pedaço

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepedaço
2Latinpittaciumlabel, ticket on a wine bottle or amphora; label,...

Words derived from “pedazo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH-Every word from Ancient Greek πιττάEvery word from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον