Where does “pistasch” come from?

pistasch (Swedish) comes 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.

pistasch (Swedish): pistachio (fruit)

Definitions

  1. pistachio (fruit)

Ancestry of “pistasch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpistachepistachio; peanut
2Venetianpistacio—
3LatinpistāciumA pistachio nut
4Ancient Greekπιστάκιονpistachio
5Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pistasch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον →