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Sketch

3 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a quick, rough drawing, or a brief comedic performance
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Stage 1 of 3
schizzo
Italian · medieval
"a splash, a rough drawing"
meaning "a splash" or "a hastily made drawing"
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schets
Dutch · 1600s
"a rough drawing"
adopted through contact with Italian art theory
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sketch
English · 1600s-1700s
"a quick, rough drawing"
adopted directly from Dutch
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