Etymograph

English

Picasso

Picasso comes from Spanish Picasso.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentPicasso
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentPicasso
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Vulgar Latin *pīccāre ‘to sting, strike’

piquant

through Latin pīcus ‘woodpecker’

pie

through Spanish pico ‘beak, point’

picador, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish Picasso / Picasso

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