Where does “imbrecciatura” come from?
imbrecciatura (Italian) comes from Italian imbrecciare, from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Portuguese breca, from Frankish breku, from English breakfast — adjectival suffix.
imbrecciatura (Italian): gravelling
Definitions
- gravelling
Ancestry of “imbrecciatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | imbrecciare | To gravel |
| 2 | Italian | breccia | breach, break, gap; breakthrough; road metal |
| 3 | French | brèche | gap, hole; breach |
| 4 | Middle French | breche | — |
| 5 | Old French | breche | — |
| 6 | Portuguese | breca | cramp; a disease that makes the hair of goats... |
| 7 | Frankish | breku | a breach, break; a break; crack; opening |
| 8 | English | breakfast | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the... |
| 9 | Middle English | brekefast | breakfast |
| 10 | Middle English | fast | fast quickly |
| 11 | Old English | fæste | firmly, fastly, tightly |
| 12 | Old English | -e | forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly |
| 13 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 14 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 15 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |