Where does “depistaggio” come from?
depistaggio (Italian) comes from Italian depistare, from Romanian depista, from French dépister, from French piste, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto.
depistaggio (Italian): diversion
Definitions
- diversion
Ancestry of “depistaggio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | depistare | To put someone on the wrong track; to sidetrack;... |
| 2 | Romanian | depista | to track down |
| 3 | French | dépister | to track an animal using its tracks; to derail;... |
| 4 | French | piste | track or trail; track; lead, hint |
| 5 | Italian | pista | track, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,... |
| 6 | Italian | pesta | footprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular... |
| 7 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 8 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 9 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 10 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 11 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 12 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |