Where does “πιστάκιον” come from?

πιστάκιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Middle Persian pstk', from Old Persian *pistaka.

πιστάκιον (Ancient Greek): pistachio

Definitions

  1. pistachio

Ancestry of “πιστάκιον”, step by step

πιστάκιον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Persian pstk'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianpstk'pistachio nut
2Old Persian*pistaka—

via Ancient Greek πιστάκη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπιστάκηpistachio-tree

Words derived from “πιστάκιον”

Every word from Old Persian *pistaka →Every word from Middle Persian pstk' →