Where does “scapezzatura” come from?

scapezzatura (Italian) comes from Italian scapezzare, from Italian capezzo, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

scapezzatura (Italian): pollarding

Definitions

  1. pollarding

Ancestry of “scapezzatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianscapezzareTo pollard; To behead
2Italiancapezzohalter
3Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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