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Where does “pigidio” come from?

pigidio (Spanish) comes from New Latin pygidium, from Ancient Greek πυγή, from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂.

pigidio (Spanish): pygidium

Definitions

  1. pygidium

Ancestry of “pigidio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinpygidiumpygidium
2Ancient Greekπυγήrump, buttocks; = οὐρά
3Proto-Indo-European*spugeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂ →