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Etymology of "pistol"

A disassembled Taurus Millennium series PT145 pistol.

The word "pistol" is derived from the French pistole (or pistolet), which has these possible origins:

·         From the Czech pistole and this one from the Czech píšťala (flute or pipe, referring to the shape of a Hussite firearm), from Middle High German pischulle or from Middle French pistole.

·         From the city of Pistoia, Italy, where hand-held guns (designed to be fired from horseback) were first produced in the 1540s.

·         That early pistols were carried by cavalry in holsters hung from the pommel (or pistallo in medieval French) of a horse's saddle