pistepiste

Piste comes from French piste ‘track or trail’, from Italian pesta ‘footprint’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peys- ‘to crush’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peys-‘to crush’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pinéstireconstructed
3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pinsōreconstructed
4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpīnsō‘to beat’
5. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEpistāre‘to pound’frequentative of pīnsō
6. Italianc. 1300–presentpestare‘to trample’
7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentpesta‘footprint’
8. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentpista‘track, trail, scent, clue’variant of pesta
9. Frenchc. 1600–presentpiste‘track or trail’
10. Englishtodaysame form