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
- cylinder and piston
Ancestry of “κυλινδροπίστονο”, step by step
κυλινδροπίστονο traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek πιστόνι
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | πιστόνι | piston |
| 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 |