biscotto

Italian (Fiorentino)

/biˈskɔt.to/

noun
Definitions
  • biscuit, cookie
  • (sports) tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team)

Etymology

Affix from Italian cotto (cooked) inherited from Latin biscoctus (twice-cooked), bis coctus (twice cooked).

Origin

Latin

bis coctus

Gloss

twice cooked

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms