Where does “fustet” come from?

fustet (Old Catalan) comes from Arabic فُسْتُق, from Middle Persian pstk', from Old Persian *pistaka.

fustet (Old Catalan): smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria

Definitions

  1. smoke tree, Cotinus coggygria

Ancestry of “fustet”, step by step

fustet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic فُسْتُق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفُسْتُقpistachio
2Middle Persianpstk'pistachio nut
3Old Persian*pistaka

via Arabic فُسْتَق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفُسْتَقpistachio

Words derived from “fustet

Every word from Old Persian *pistakaEvery word from Middle Persian pstk'Every word from Arabic فُسْتُق
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