Where does “sottilizzare” come from?
sottilizzare (Italian) comes from Italian sottile, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
sottilizzare (Italian): to split hairs, cavil
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