Where does “esquisser” come from?
esquisser (French) comes from Italian schizzare, from Old High German sciozzan, from Proto-Germanic skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.
esquisser (French): to sketch; to draft, outline
Definitions
- to sketch; to draft, outline
Ancestry of “esquisser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | schizzare | to squirt; to splash; to spatter |
| 2 | Old High German | sciozzan | to shoot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skeutaną | to shoot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |