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