Where does “ticchio” come from?
ticchio (Italian) comes from Italian tecca, from Italian teccola, from Italian taccola, from Italian tacca, from Frankish takkō, from Proto-Germanic takkô, from Proto-Indo-European deǵ- — to rip, tear.
ticchio (Italian): tic, twitch; whim; speckle
Definitions
- tic, twitch; whim; speckle
Ancestry of “ticchio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tecca | Alternative form of teccola; Synonym of pittima... |
| 2 | Italian | teccola | spot, fleck; flaw, fault; Synonym of voltolino |
| 3 | Italian | taccola | jackdaw; mangetout, snow pea or sugar pea |
| 4 | Italian | tacca | notch, nick; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Frankish | takkō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | takkô | spike, thorn, prickle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deǵ- | to rip, tear |
Words derived from “ticchio”