pestaña

See also: pestana

Asturian

Noun

pestaña f (plural pestañes)

1. eyelash

Synonyms

• pistaña

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pestaña (“eyelash and eyebrow area; eyelash”), cognate with Portuguese pestana (“eyelash”), Catalan pestanya (“eyelash”) and Gascon Occitan pestane, from Vulgar Latin *pistanna, and related to Basque pizta (“rheum, eye sleep”) and piztule (“pestaña”).

Coromines and Pascual conjecture that the Vulgar Latin term is perhaps from an uncertain Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”), as an extension in the sense of something that hangs from the body.

Noun

pestaña f (plural pestañas)

1. flange
2. (anatomy) eyelash
3. (computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)

Derived terms

• pestañear
• pestañeo

See also

• patín
• reborde

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN