Where does “spiccato” come from?
spiccato (English) comes from Italian spiccare, from Italian s-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
spiccato (English): detached; separated; with every note performed in...
Definitions
- detached; separated; with every note performed in...
Ancestry of “spiccato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spiccare | to jump, leap; to spread one's wings; to issue |
| 2 | Italian | s- | un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato |
| 3 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |