Etymograph

English

pendejo

Pendejo comes from Spanish pendejo ‘a single pubic hair’, from Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum ‘little comb’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱt-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peḱt-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pḱtḗn‘comb’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pekten‘comb’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpecten‘pubic hair’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pectinī̆culum‘little comb’reconstructeddiminutive of pecten
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentpendejo‘a single pubic hair’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peḱt-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pḱtḗn‘comb’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pekten‘comb’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpecten‘pubic hair’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pectinī̆culum‘little comb’reconstructeddiminutive of pecten
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentpendejo‘a single pubic hair’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *peḱt-

Today it means

noun A stupid person.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peḱt- / pendejo

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