Where does “risacca” come from?

risacca (Italian) comes from Spanish resaca, from Spanish resacar, from Spanish rio seco — dry river.

risacca (Italian): backwash

Definitions

  1. backwash

Ancestry of “risacca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishresacaundertow, surf, backwash; redraft, redrawing;...
2SpanishresacarTo distil
3Spanishrio secodry river
Every word from Spanish rio seco →Every word from Spanish resacar →Every word from Spanish resaca →