Where does “piston” come from?
piston (Welsh) comes from English piston, from French piston, from Italian pistone, from Latin pistāre, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
piston (Welsh): piston
Definitions
- piston
Ancestry of “piston”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piston | A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a... |
| 2 | French | piston | piston; contact, connection |
| 3 | Italian | pistone | piston; valve - of a musical instrument |
| 4 | Latin | pistāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 6 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |