Where does “pestatura” come from?
pestatura (Italian) comes from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
pestatura (Italian): crushing; grinding; beating
Definitions
- crushing; grinding; beating
Ancestry of “pestatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 2 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 3 | Latin | pīnsō | — |
| 4 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |