DisputedNamed for a product of the place
bistoury
noun · first attested 18th century
The surgical blade may be named for a Tuscan city, like the pistol.
A narrow surgical knife.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- DisputedCompeting explanations remain live.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Pistoia
- In English
bistoury
The word is often traced through French to Pistoia, a noted centre of metalwork. The link is conventional but not settled.
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