Where does “lista” come from?
lista (Tok Pisin) comes from Portuguese lista, from Old Portuguese lista, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.
lista (Tok Pisin): list; table of contents
Ancestry of “lista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | lista | list |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | lista | — |
| 3 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 4 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |