Where does “sottopezza” come from?

sottopezza (Italian) comes from Italian sotto, from Latin subtus, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sottopezza (Italian): a cloth that is wound at the same time as the fabric being processed

Definitions

  1. a cloth that is wound at the same time as the fabric being processed

Ancestry of “sottopezza”, step by step

sottopezza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sotto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansottounder, beneath, underneath; below, south of; down
2Latinsubtusbelow, underneath, beneath
3Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
4Proto-Italicsupounder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Italian pezza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpezzabolt; patch; rag
2Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
3Latinpettiapiece, portion
4Gaulishpettyā—
5Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion
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