Where does “πίστα” come from?
πίστα (Greek) 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.
πίστα (Greek): piste; ice rink; circus ring
Definitions
- piste; ice rink; circus ring
Ancestry of “πίστα”, 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 |