Where does “pister” come from?
pister (French) comes from French piste, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum — to stretch.
pister (French): to track
Ancestry of “pister”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | piste | track or trail; track; lead, hint |
| 2 | Italian | pista | track, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,... |
| 3 | Italian | pesta | footprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 5 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 6 | Latin | pīnsō | — |
| 7 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 8 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 9 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |