Where does “pintallavis” come from?
pintallavis (Catalan) comes from Catalan pintar, from Old Occitan pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango, from Proto-Italic pangō — to attach.
pintallavis (Catalan): lipstick
Ancestry of “pintallavis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | pintar | to paint |
| 2 | Old Occitan | pintar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pinctare | — |
| 4 | Latin | pictāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 7 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |