Where does “Pistasch” come from?

Pistasch (Luxembourgish) comes from French pistache, from Venetian pistacio, from Latin pistācium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Pistasch (Luxembourgish): pistachio

Definitions

  1. pistachio

Ancestry of “Pistasch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpistachepistachio; peanut
2Venetianpistacio
3LatinpistāciumA pistachio nut
4Ancient Greekπιστάκιονpistachio
5Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐονEvery word from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον
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