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

  1. detached; separated; with every note performed in...

Ancestry of “spiccato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspiccareto jump, leap; to spread one's wings; to issue
2Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Italian s- →