Where does “spezzatura” come from?

spezzatura (Italian) comes from Italian spezzare, from Italian pezzo, from Latin picea, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

spezzatura (Italian): breaking, splitting; break, piece, fragment

Definitions

  1. breaking, splitting; break, piece, fragment

Ancestry of “spezzatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspezzareto break, break up; to chop
2Italianpezzopiece, chunk; hunk; plot
3Latinpiceaspruce family
4Latinpixpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →