Where does “pistache” come from?

pistache (Portuguese) comes from French pistache, from Venetian pistacio, from Latin pistācium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pistache (Portuguese): pistachio

Definitions

  1. pistachio

Ancestry of “pistache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpistachepistachio; peanut
2Venetianpistacio—
3LatinpistāciumA pistachio nut
4Ancient Greekπιστάκιονpistachio
5Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον →