Where does “list” come from?

list (Chinese) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

list (Chinese): list; enumeration or compilation of items; the paper or document of which the list is written or printed on

Definitions

  1. list; enumeration or compilation of items; the paper or document of which the list is written or printed on

Ancestry of “list”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →