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

  1. diversion

Ancestry of “depistaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliandepistareTo put someone on the wrong track; to sidetrack;...
2Romaniandepistato track down
3Frenchdépisterto track an animal using its tracks; to derail;...
4Frenchpistetrack or trail; track; lead, hint
5Italianpistatrack, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,...
6Italianpestafootprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular...
7Italianpestareto crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,...
8Latinpistoto pound
9Latinpīnsōto beat, pound
10Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
11Latinpēnsumallotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
12Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
13Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
14Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndetiEvery word from Proto-Italic pendōEvery word from Latin pendō
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