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Where does “cista” come from?

cista (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek κύστις, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

cista (Latin): a trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of...

Definitions

  1. a trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of...

Ancestry of “cista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκύστιςbladder
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “cista”

  • chest
  • cistern
  • chested
  • cist
  • kist
  • chesty
  • cisternal
  • barechested
  • windchest
  • chestful
  • kish
  • intracisternal
  • midchest
  • cisternography
  • unkist
  • chestiness
  • chestedness
  • chestal
  • chestless
  • chestily
  • intracisternally
  • chestlike
  • toychest
  • bookchest
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