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Where does “pizzo” come from?

pizzo (Italian) comes from Sicilian pizzu.

pizzo (Italian): lace, needle lace; goatee; peak, spur

Definitions

  1. lace, needle lace; goatee; peak, spur

Ancestry of “pizzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianpizzu—

Words derived from “pizzo”

  • pizzicato
  • pizzica
  • pizzicato
  • pizzicare
  • spizzicatura
  • pizzicarolo
  • pizzare
  • pizzicagnolo
  • pizzicore
  • pizzico
  • pizzica
  • pizzicheria
  • spizzicare
  • pizzicorino
Every word from Sicilian pizzu →