English
imbroccata
Imbroccata comes from Italian imbroccare ‘to hit a target’, and goes back to brocco.
- Italianc. 1300–presentbrocco
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimbroccare‘to hit a target’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimbroccatafeminine past participle of imbroccare
- Englishearliest quotation 1600same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentbrocco
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimbroccare‘to hit a target’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimbroccatafeminine past participle of imbroccare
- Englishearliest quotation 1600same form
Earliest quotation: 1600, Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]: “But then, you haue your passages, and imbroccata's in…”
Linked words
through Italian brocco
Today it means
noun A hit or thrust.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian brocco / imbroccata