Where does “pistonhead” come from?
pistonhead (English) comes from English piston, from French piston, from Italian pistone, from Latin pistāre, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
pistonhead (English): The head of a piston
Definitions
- The head of a piston
Ancestry of “pistonhead”, step by step
pistonhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English piston
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piston | A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a... |
| 2 | French | piston | piston; contact, connection |
| 3 | Italian | pistone | piston; valve - of a musical instrument |
| 4 | Latin | pistāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 6 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |