Etymology

pistolet

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Today it means: A small pistol. Full definition →

French pistolet ← Czech píšťala
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The story

  1. Czech · derived frompíšťala“whistle”
  2. French · derived frompistolet
  3. English todaypistolet

From French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

Words from the same roots

Czechpíšťala all →

pistolpistole

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.