Where does “pez” come from?

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

pez (Spanish): pitch, tar; fish; idiot, dimwit

Definitions

  1. pitch, tar; fish; idiot, dimwit

Ancestry of “pez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpezpitch, tar; fish
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “pez”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →