Where does “pescadito” come from?

pescadito (Spanish) comes from Spanish pescado, from Latin piscātus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pescadito (Spanish): little fish

Definitions

  1. little fish

Ancestry of “pescadito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpescadofish that has been caught; food fish
2Latinpiscātushaving fished
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →