Where does “lista” come from?

lista (Old Portuguese) comes from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

Ancestry of “lista”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	lista	list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
2	Old High German	līsta	—
3	Proto-Germanic	līstōn	—

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