Where does “cincischio” come from?
cincischio (Italian) comes from Italian cincischiare, from Vulgar Latin incisulare, from Latin incisus, from Latin incidere, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
cincischio (Italian): an inaccurate cut as if done with dull-bladed instruments
Definitions
- an inaccurate cut as if done with dull-bladed instruments
Ancestry of “cincischio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cincischiare | to miscut; to crumple, to crease; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | incisulare | — |
| 3 | Latin | incisus | cut up, having been cut up, hewn open, having... |
| 4 | Latin | incidere | present active infinitive of incidō;... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |