Where does “canzonatura” come from?
canzonatura (Italian) comes from Italian canzonare, from Italian canzone, from Latin cantiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
canzonatura (Italian): mockery, teasing
Ancestry of “canzonatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | canzonare | To tease, to make fun of, to laugh at, to... |
| 2 | Italian | canzone | song |
| 3 | Latin | cantiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |