Where does “fingerpainter” come from?
fingerpainter (English) comes from English painter, from English Panther, from Middle English pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce — to turn.
fingerpainter (English): One who fingerpaints
Definitions
- One who fingerpaints
Ancestry of “fingerpainter”, step by step
fingerpainter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English painter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | painter | An artist who paints pictures; A laborer or... |
| 2 | English | Panther | A member of the Black Panther Party, White... |
| 3 | Middle English | pantere | Alternative form of panter |
| 4 | Old French | pantere | panther |
| 5 | Latin | panthēra | a panther |
| 6 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 7 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 8 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 9 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 11 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 13 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 14 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 15 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 16 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 17 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English finger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | finger | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals |
| 2 | German | Finger | finger |
| 3 | Middle High German | vinger | finger |
| 4 | Old High German | fingar | finger |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |