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
- breaking, splitting; break, piece, fragment
Ancestry of “spezzatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spezzare | to break, break up; to chop |
| 2 | Italian | pezzo | piece, chunk; hunk; plot |
| 3 | Latin | picea | spruce family |
| 4 | Latin | pix | pitch, tar |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pik- | to be angry; pitch; resin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pi- | sap, juice |