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Where does “bisturí” come from?

bisturí (Catalan) comes from French bistouri, from Italian pistorese, from Italian pistoiese, from Italian Pistoia, from Latin Pistoria, from Latin Pistorium — Pistoia.

bisturí (Catalan): scalpel

Definitions

  1. scalpel

Ancestry of “bisturí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbistouribistoury, surgical knife
2ItalianpistoreseAlternative form of pistoiese
3ItalianpistoieseOf or relating to Pistoia or the Pistoia people;...
4ItalianPistoia—
5LatinPistoria—
6LatinPistoriumPistoia
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