Where does “despistado” come from?
despistado (Spanish) comes from Spanish despistar, from Spanish pista, from Italian pista, from Italian pesta, from Italian pestare, from Latin pisto, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso — to stretch.
despistado (Spanish): absent-minded, forgetful, clueless
Definitions
- absent-minded, forgetful, clueless
Ancestry of “despistado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | despistar | to throw off track |
| 2 | Spanish | pista | track, course, trail; runway; clue |
| 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 |