Where does “pezzatura” come from?

pezzatura (Italian) comes from Italian pezzo, from Latin picea, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pezzatura (Italian): size or form

Definitions

  1. size or form

Ancestry of “pezzatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpezzopiece, chunk; hunk; plot
2Latinpiceaspruce family
3Latinpixpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
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