Where does “picadura” come from?

picadura (Spanish) comes from Spanish picar, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

picadura (Spanish): a bite, e.g. from a snake or insect; a wound

Definitions

  1. a bite, e.g. from a snake or insect; a wound

Ancestry of “picadura”, step by step

picadura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish picar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpicarto itch; to sting; to chop
2Spanishpicobeak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe
3Old Spanishbico
4Latinbeccusbeak, bill
5Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Portuguese Picar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePicarto sting pierce with a small, sharp point
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius