Where does “chiste” come from?

chiste (Portuguese) comes from Spanish chiste, from Spanish chistar, from Spanish chist.

chiste (Portuguese): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “chiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchistejoke; essence, importance, matter or purpose of...
2Spanishchistarto speak, normally in negation; to call attention
3Spanishchist—
Every word from Spanish chist →Every word from Spanish chistar →Every word from Spanish chiste →