Where does “spaccasassi” come from?

spaccasassi (Italian) comes from Italian spaccare, from Italian impaccare, from Italian im-, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

spaccasassi (Italian): The hackberry

Definitions

  1. The hackberry

Ancestry of “spaccasassi”, step by step

spaccasassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian spaccare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspaccareto break, split; to rend; to chop
2ItalianimpaccareTo pack
3Italianim-Alternative form of in-; into, in
4Italianin-un-; in-; a-
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Italian Sasso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSassostone, rock
2Latinsaxumstone, rock; wall of stone
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →