Where does “pistache” come from?

pistache (French) comes from Venetian pistacio, from Latin pistācium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pistache (French): pistachio; peanut

Definitions

  1. pistachio; peanut

Ancestry of “pistache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianpistacio—
2LatinpistāciumA pistachio nut
3Ancient Greekπιστάκιονpistachio
4Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pistache”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον →
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