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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

  1. An artist who paints pictures; A laborer or...

Ancestry of “painter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPantherA member of the Black Panther Party, White...
2Middle EnglishpantereAlternative form of panter
3Old Frenchpanterepanther
4Latinpanthēra—
5PortugueseOnça—
6LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
7Old Frenchloncelynx
8Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
9Vulgar Latinluncea—
10LatinlynxA lynx
11Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
12LatincanadensisCanadian
13Latin-ensisOf or from
14Latinarvumfield; farm land
15Latincolō—
16Latinquelō—
17Proto-Italickʷelō—
18Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
19Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “painter”

  • painterly
  • housepainter
  • paintress
  • painterliness
  • unpainterly
  • painteress
  • postpainterly
  • painterish
  • paintership
  • painterless
  • fingerpainter
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