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Where does “Pintado” come from?

Pintado (English) comes from Portuguese pintado, from Portuguese pintar, from Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango — to attach.

Pintado (English): A member of the tattooed indigenous people of...

Definitions

  1. A member of the tattooed indigenous people of...

Ancestry of “Pintado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepintadospotted
2Portuguesepintarto paint
3Old Portuguesepintar—
4Vulgar Latinpinctare—
5Latinpictāre—
6Latinpingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinpingoI decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;...
8LatinpangoI fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force...
9Proto-Italicpangōto fasten, to fix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
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