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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pis.tá.ki.on/ → /pisˈta.ci.on/ → /pisˈta.ci.on/
Noun
πιστάκῐον • (pistákĭon) n (genitive πιστᾰκίου); second declension
- pistachio
Declension
Descendants
- → Latin: pistacium (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- πιστάκια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πιστάκιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πιστάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press