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Where does “piccata” come from?

piccata (English) comes from Italian piccata, from Italian -ata, from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

piccata (English): Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley...

Definitions

  1. Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley...

Ancestry of “piccata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiccataprick; a dish of escalope of veal fried in butter...
2Italian-ataUsed with a stem to form the feminine singular...
3Italian-atoUsed with a stem to form the past participle of...
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →