Where does “despistar” come from?
despistar (Portuguese) comes from French dépister, from French piste, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso — to stretch.
despistar (Portuguese): to throw off track, to misguide, to lead astray
Definitions
- to throw off track, to misguide, to lead astray
Ancestry of “despistar”, step by step
despistar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French dépister
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dépister | to track an animal using its tracks; to derail;... |
| 2 | French | piste | track or trail; track; lead, hint |
| 3 | Italian | pista | track, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,... |
| 4 | Italian | pesta | footprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | pestare | to crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,... |
| 6 | Latin | pisto | to pound |
| 7 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 8 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 9 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 10 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Portuguese pista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pista | track; road; path; footprints; clue |