Where does “spezzone” come from?

spezzone (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.

spezzone (Italian): large piece or fragment

Definitions

  1. large piece or fragment

Ancestry of “spezzone”, 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