Where does “pescuezo” come from?

pescuezo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pescueço, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.

pescuezo (Spanish): scruff of the neck

Definitions

  1. scruff of the neck

Ancestry of “pescuezo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpescueço—
2Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
3Latinposteablative singular of postis
4Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “pescuezo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti →Every word from Proto-Italic posti →