sketch English · revision 13281

− It is [[bor|nl|schets]] or German Skizze,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) 17th-century artists' borrowings from Italian [[m|it|schizzo|t=sketch, drawing; a splash, squirt]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from schizzare, to splash, squirt, of uncertain, probably imitative origin.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) It is commonly traced to a Latin *schedius, from Greek [[m|grc|σχέδιος|tr=skhédios|t=done off-hand, extempore]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) French esquisse and Spanish esquicio are also from the Italian.^(Etymonline)