Where does “mezzasega” come from?

mezzasega (Italian) comes from Italian mezza, from Italian mezzo, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

mezzasega (Italian): half-pint, squirt, wanker

Definitions

  1. half-pint, squirt, wanker

Ancestry of “mezzasega”, step by step

mezzasega traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mezza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmezzahalf-hour
2Italianmezzohalf, middle; means, method; vehicle
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus
6Proto-Italicstlokos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Italian sega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansegasaw; wank, handjob; third-person singular present...
2Italiansegareto saw; to flunk; to masturbate
3Latinsecōto cut, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus
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