Where does “lista” come from?

lista (Cebuano) comes from Spanish lista, from Vulgar Latin *lista, from Proto-West Germanic *līstā — edge, hem, border.

lista (Cebuano): a list; to list; to make a list

Definitions

  1. a list; to list; to make a list

Ancestry of “lista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlistalist, roll; stripe; roster
2Vulgar Latin*lista
3Proto-West Germanic*līstāedge, hem, border

Words derived from “lista

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *līstā