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Where does “pistacchio” come from?

pistacchio (Italian) comes from Latin pistācium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pistacchio (Italian): nut; pistachio

Definitions

  1. nut; pistachio

Ancestry of “pistacchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpistācium—
2Ancient Greekπιστάκιον—
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pistacchio”

  • pistachio
  • pistick
  • pistache
  • pistachero
  • pistacho
  • ピスタチオ
  • 피스타치오
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