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

  1. to break, break up; to chop

Ancestry of “spezzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpezzopiece, chunk; hunk; plot
2Latinpiceaspruce family
3Latinpixpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “spezzare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →