Where does “screziatura” come from?
screziatura (Italian) comes from Italian screziare, from Italian screzio, from Latin discrētiō, from Latin discernō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
screziatura (Italian): mark, speckle, fleck, streak; variegation, blotch
Definitions
- mark, speckle, fleck, streak; variegation, blotch
Ancestry of “screziatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | screziare | to speckle; to variegate; to dot |
| 2 | Italian | screzio | discord that comes to disturb the harmony of a... |
| 3 | Latin | discrētiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | discernō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |