Where does “spicciolare” come from?
spicciolare (Italian) comes from Italian picciolo, from Latin peciolus, from Latin pediciolus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
spicciolare (Italian): to pluck (grapes, other fruit, grains of corn, etc.)
Definitions
- to pluck (grapes, other fruit, grains of corn, etc.)
Ancestry of “spicciolare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | picciolo | stalk |
| 2 | Latin | peciolus | — |
| 3 | Latin | pediciolus | — |
| 4 | Latin | pedīculus | A little foot |
| 5 | Latin | pēdis | louse |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |