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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

  1. piste; ice rink; circus ring

Ancestry of “πίστα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpistetrack or trail; track; lead, hint
2Italianpistatrack, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,...
3Italianpestafootprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular...
4Italianpestareto crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,...
5Latinpistoto pound
6Latinpīnsō—
7Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
8Latinpēnsum—
9Latinpendō—
10Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
11Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
12Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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