Where does “tessitura” come from?
tessitura (Italian) comes from Italian tessere, from Latin texere, from Proto-Italic teksō, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
tessitura (Italian): weaving; weaving mill; range
Definitions
- weaving; weaving mill; range
Ancestry of “tessitura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tessere | to weave; to plot; plural of tessera |
| 2 | Latin | texere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | teksō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
Words derived from “tessitura”