myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of picapuerco

Etymology of the Spanish word picapuerco

the Spanish word picapuerco

derived from the Old Spanish word picar

derived from the Spanish word pico

derived from the Latin word picus (woodpecker)

derived from the Celto-Latin word beccus

derived from the Latin root *piccare

derived from the Spanish word puerco

derived from the Latin word porcus (pig, hog; tame swine)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *porko-