Where does “pizzico” come from?

pizzico (Italian) comes from Italian pizzicare, from Italian pizzare, from Italian pizzo, from Sicilian pizzu.

pizzico (Italian): pinch, nip; bite, sting; touch, bit, dash

Definitions

  1. pinch, nip; bite, sting; touch, bit, dash

Ancestry of “pizzico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpizzicareto pinch, nip; to bite, sting; to catch, seize
2Italianpizzare—
3Italianpizzolace, needle lace; goatee; peak, spur
4Sicilianpizzu—

Words derived from “pizzico”

Every word from Sicilian pizzu →Every word from Italian pizzo →Every word from Italian pizzare →