Sketch etymology

English

English word sketch comes from Ancient Greek σχεδόν, Ancient Greek σχεδιάζω, Italian schizzare, and later Italian schizzo ((rough) sketch. Squirt, splash. Stain, spot, flake.)

Detailed word origin of sketch

Dictionary entry Language Definition
σχεδόν Ancient Greek (grc)
σχεδιάζω Ancient Greek (grc)
schizzare Italian (it) (ambitransitive) to spatter. (ambitransitive) to splash. (ambitransitive) to squirt.
σχέδιος Ancient Greek (grc)
schedium Latin (lat)
schizzo Italian (it) (rough) sketch. Squirt, splash. Stain, spot, flake.
schets Dutch (nl) Sketch.
sketch English (en) To describe briefly and with very few details.. To make a brief, basic drawing. Sketchy, shady, questionable. (UK) A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.. (informal) An amusing person.. (math) A category together with a set of limit cones and a set of colimit cones.. (slang, Ireland) Keeping sketch: to keep a [...]