stucco
English
Etymology
Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌkəʊ
Noun
stucco (plural stuccoes or stuccos)
- A plaster that is used to coat (interior or) exterior walls, or used for mouldings.
- Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
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Verb
stucco (third-person singular simple present stuccoes or stuccos, present participle stuccoing, simple past and past participle stuccoed)
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Italian
Etymology
From Old Italian stucco, borrowed from Lombardic stucki, stucchi, stuhhi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stick, beam, stump”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”), English stitch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstukko/
- Rhymes: -ukko