Where does “squarciare” come from?

squarciare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin exquartiare, from Latin quartus, from Latin quattuor, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

squarciare (Italian): to rip; to split

Definitions

  1. to rip; to split

Ancestry of “squarciare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexquartiare—
2Latinquartusfourth, the ordinal number after "tertius" and...
3Latinquattuorfour; 4
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “squarciare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →