Where does “lizzare” come from?
lizzare (Italian) comes from Italian lizza, from French lice, from Vulgar Latin licia, from Latin licium — loop in the texture woven, through which the...
lizzare (Italian): to drag large blocks of stone on sleds
Definitions
- to drag large blocks of stone on sleds
Ancestry of “lizzare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lizza | lists; A large sled used to transport large... |
| 2 | French | lice | curtain wall; pomerium; list, field ; playing... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | licia | nominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | licium | loop in the texture woven, through which the... |
Words derived from “lizzare”