pistole

Meaning

Noun

• A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this.

Origin

• Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala, from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
• Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).