Where does “lista” come from?
lista (Chavacano) comes from Spanish lista, from Vulgar Latin *lista, from Proto-West Germanic *līstā.
lista (Chavacano): list
Ancestry of “lista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | lista | list, roll; stripe; roster |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *lista | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *līstā | — |