Where does “pistrinaio” come from?
pistrinaio (Italian) comes from Italian pistrino, from Latin pistrinum, from Latin pistor, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
pistrinaio (Italian): miller
Definitions
- miller
Ancestry of “pistrinaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pistrino | mill; bakery; oil mill |
| 2 | Latin | pistrinum | mill; bakery; drudgery, oppressive labor |
| 3 | Latin | pistor | pounder of far/spelt; miller and/or baker |
| 4 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 5 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |