Where does “painter” come from?
Painter comes from Old French -er and Latin -are, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek πᾶς meaning all or every.
painter (English): An artist who paints pictures; A laborer or...
Definitions
- An artist who paints pictures; A laborer or...
Ancestry of “painter”, step by step
painter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Panther
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Panther | A member of the Black Panther Party, White... |
| 2 | Middle English | pantere | Alternative form of panter |
| 3 | Old French | pantere | panther |
| 4 | Latin | panthēra | a panther |
| 5 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 6 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 7 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 8 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 10 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 12 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 13 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 14 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 15 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 16 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Middle French pendeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | pendeur | — |
via Middle English peyntour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | peyntour | A painter; an individual who paints pictures or surfaces |