Where does “pichón” come from?
pichón (Spanish) comes from Latin pīpiōnem, from Latin pīpiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
pichón (Spanish): a young pigeon or dove; squab; guy, fellow, fella
Definitions
- a young pigeon or dove; squab; guy, fellow, fella
Ancestry of “pichón”, step by step
pichón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pīpiōnem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pīpiōnem | — |
| 2 | Latin | pīpiō | to chirp, to pipe |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Italian piccione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | piccione | A pigeon; more accurately the rock pigeon, feral... |
| 2 | Latin | pipionem | accusative singular of pīpiō |
Words derived from “pichón”