Where does “off-pister” come from?
off-pister (English) comes from English off-piste, from English piste, from French piste, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō — to stretch.
off-pister (English): Someone who skis or snowboards off-piste
Definitions
- Someone who skis or snowboards off-piste
Ancestry of “off-pister”, step by step
off-pister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English off-piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | off-piste | Not specially prepared or designated for skiing,... |
| 2 | English | piste | A downhill trail; The field of play of a fencing... |
| 3 | French | piste | track or trail; track; lead, hint |
| 4 | Italian | pista | track, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,... |
| 5 | Italian | pesta | footprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular... |
| 6 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 7 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 8 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 9 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 10 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 11 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |