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Where does “pistache” come from?

pistache (Spanish) comes from Spanish pistacho, 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 (Spanish): Alternative form of pistacho

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of pistacho

Ancestry of “pistache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpistachopistachio
2Frenchpistachepistachio; peanut
3Venetianpistacio—
4Latinpistācium—
5Ancient Greekπιστάκιον—
6Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →