Where does “motopista” come from?
motopista (Italian) comes from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
motopista (Italian): motorcycle lane (at the edge of a road)
Definitions
- motorcycle lane (at the edge of a road)
Ancestry of “motopista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pista | track, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,... |
| 2 | Italian | pesta | footprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 4 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 5 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 6 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |