Where does “spitcher” come from?

spitcher (English) comes from Maltese spiċċa, from Italian spicciare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

spitcher (English): To destroy or damage heavily

Definitions

  1. To destroy or damage heavily

Ancestry of “spitcher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesespiċċato finish
2Italianspicciareto complete, finish off; to attend to
3Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
4Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Latin Every word from Italian -are