Where does “spezzare” come from?
spezzare (Italian) comes from Italian pezzo, from Latin picea, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.
spezzare (Italian): to break, break up; to chop
Definitions
- to break, break up; to chop
Ancestry of “spezzare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | pezzo | piece, chunk; hunk; plot |
| 2 | Latin | picea | spruce family |
| 3 | Latin | pix | pitch, tar |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pik- | to be angry; pitch; resin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pi- | sap, juice |
Words derived from “spezzare”