Where does “bisturi” come from?

bisturi (Portuguese) comes from French bistouri, from Italian pistorese, from Italian pistoiese, from Italian Pistoia, from Latin Pistoria, from Latin Pistorium — Pistoia.

bisturi (Portuguese): scalpel

Definitions

  1. scalpel

Ancestry of “bisturi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbistouribistoury, surgical knife
2ItalianpistoreseAlternative form of pistoiese
3ItalianpistoieseOf or relating to Pistoia or the Pistoia people;...
4ItalianPistoia—
5LatinPistoria—
6LatinPistoriumPistoia
Every word from Latin Pistorium →Every word from Latin Pistoria →Every word from Italian Pistoia →