Where does “pesto” come from?

pesto (Welsh) comes from English pesto, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.

pesto (Welsh): pesto

Definitions

  1. pesto

Ancestry of “pesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpestoA sauce, especially for pasta, originating from...
2Italianpestocrushed, ground, beaten; livid, bluish, black;...
3Latinpistuspounded, beaten
4Latinpīnsōto beat, pound
5Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
6Latinpēnsumallotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
7Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
8Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
9Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti
10Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndetiEvery word from Proto-Italic pendō