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Where does “depista” come from?

depista (Romanian) 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.

Ancestry of “depista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdépisterto track an animal using its tracks; to derail;...
2Frenchpistetrack or trail; track; lead, hint
3Italianpistatrack, trail, scent, clue; track, racetrack,...
4Italianpestafootprint; mess, trouble; third-person singular...
5Italianpestareto crush, grind, pound; to trample, step on,...
6Latinpistoto pound
7Latinpīnsō—
8Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
9Latinpēnsum—
10Latinpendō—
11Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
12Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
13Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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