myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of salpicar

Etymology of the Spanish word salpicar

the Spanish word salpicar

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 sal

derived from the New Latin word sal (salt; wit)

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