Where does “picamaderos” come from?
picamaderos (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.
picamaderos (Spanish): woodpecker
Definitions
- woodpecker
Ancestry of “picamaderos”, step by step
picamaderos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish picar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | picar | to itch; to sting; to chop |
| 2 | Spanish | pico | beak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe |
| 3 | Old Spanish | bico | — |
| 4 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Spanish madero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | madero | a piece of wood, a piece of timber; police... |
| 2 | Spanish | madera | wood; wooden plank, board; makings |
| 3 | Old Spanish | madera | wood |
| 4 | Latin | māteria | matter; material; component stuff; substance |
| 5 | Latin | māter | mother female parent |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mātēr | mother |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |