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Italian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from a slang expression. Compare Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”), Spanish listo and Catalan llest.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lesti, feminine plural leste)
- quick, fast
- Camminava lesto verso casa. ― He was walking home fast.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- lesto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old Norse lista, English list, Italian lesto and Spanish listo. Alternatively, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lestos, feminine plural lestas)
- agile
- Synonyms: ágil, desembaraçado, rápido
Further reading
Tocharian B
Etymology
An uncertain formation, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”), whence lyäk-. Cognate with Tocharian A lyäk. Also related to lest (“heap, pile”).
Noun
lesto
- nest (of a bird), den (of an animal), lair
References
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “lesto”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 609