Where does “pistonner” come from?
pistonner (French) comes from French piston, from Italian pistone, from Latin pistāre, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
pistonner (French): to put in a good word for somebody, to pull...
Definitions
- to put in a good word for somebody, to pull...
Ancestry of “pistonner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | piston | piston; contact, connection |
| 2 | Italian | pistone | piston; valve - of a musical instrument |
| 3 | Latin | pistāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 5 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |