Where does “mamintalay” come from?
mamintalay (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano pintal, from Spanish pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango, from Proto-Italic pangō — to attach.
mamintalay (Cebuano): a painter; a laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means
Definitions
- a painter; a laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means
Ancestry of “mamintalay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | pintal | paint |
| 2 | Spanish | pintar | to paint; to draw; to look, to seem |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pinctare | — |
| 4 | Latin | pictāre | paint |
| 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 |