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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

  1. Pythia; diviner, foreteller, fortune teller;...

Ancestry of “pitonisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpythonisse—
2Latinpȳthōnissa—
3LatinPythōn—
4Ancient GreekΠύθωνserpentine monster from Greek mythology
5Ancient Greek-ώνforms words for places
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوك—
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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