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Where does “κυλινδροπίστονο” come from?

κυλινδροπίστονο (Greek) comes from Greek πιστόνι, from French piston, from Italian pistone, from Latin pistāre, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.

κυλινδροπίστονο (Greek): cylinder and piston

Definitions

  1. cylinder and piston

Ancestry of “κυλινδροπίστονο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπιστόνιpiston
2Frenchpistonpiston; contact, connection
3Italianpistonepiston; valve - of a musical instrument
4Latinpistāre—
5Latinpīnsō—
6Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
7Latinpēnsum—
8Latinpendō—
9Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
10Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
11Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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