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

Definitions

  1. list; table of contents

Ancestry of “lista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselistalist
2Old Portugueselista
3Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
4Old High Germanlīsta
5Proto-Germaniclīstōn
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōnEvery word from Old High German līstaEvery word from Italian lista
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