Etymology

sticcado

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Today it means: A musical instrument resembling a xylophone. The bars were made of metal, wood, or glass Full definition →

Italian steccato
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromsteccato“a palisade”
  2. English todaysticcado

Compare Italian steccato (“a palisade”).

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