Where does “lista” come from?

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

lista (Portuguese): list

Definitions

  1. list

Ancestry of “lista”, step by step

lista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselista—
2Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
3Old High Germanlīsta—
4Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via Spanish lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlistalist, roll; stripe; roster

Words derived from “lista”

Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →Every word from Old High German līsta →Every word from Italian lista →