Where does “pitonisa” come from?
pitonisa (Spanish) comes from French pythonisse, from Latin pȳthōnissa, from Latin Pythōn, from Ancient Greek Πύθων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
pitonisa (Spanish): Pythia; diviner, foreteller, fortune teller;...
Definitions
- Pythia; diviner, foreteller, fortune teller;...
Ancestry of “pitonisa”, step by step
pitonisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pythonisse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pythonisse | a witch (etc) who makes predictions; pythoness |
| 2 | Latin | pȳthōnissa | witch |
| 3 | Latin | Pythōn | soothsayer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Πύθων | serpentine monster from Greek mythology |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Late Latin pythonissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | pythonissa | witch; sorceress |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Πυθία | Pythia: priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |