English
abbozzo
Abbozzo comes from Italian abbozzo ‘sketch, outline, draft’, and goes back to abbozzare.
- Italianc. 1300–presentabbozzare
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentabbozzo‘sketch, outline, draft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentabbozzare
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentabbozzo‘sketch, outline, draft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886same form
Earliest quotation: 1886, Good Words and Sunday Magazine: “We speak of a typical instance. Now what is…”
Every English word from Italian abbozzare
Today it means
noun A rough drawing or model.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian abbozzare / abbozzo