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Where does “lesto” come from?

lesto (Portuguese) comes from Proto-Germanic listiz, from Proto-Indo-European leys- — to trace, to track.

lesto (Portuguese): agile

Definitions

  1. agile

Ancestry of “lesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclistizart, craft; cunning, guile
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleys-to trace, to track

Words derived from “lesto”

  • lesta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leys- →