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
1LatinpistāciumA pistachio nut
2Ancient Greekπιστάκιονpistachio
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pistacchio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον →