Where does “painting” come from?

Painting derives from English paint, from Old French paincter and the agent suffix Old French -ier, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-, meaning to fasten or fix.

painting (English): present participle of paint; An illustration or...

Definitions

  1. present participle of paint; An illustration or...

Ancestry of “painting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaintA substance that is applied as a liquid or paste,...
2Middle EnglishpeyntenTo draw or paint depict in visual art
3Old Frenchpeint—
4Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “painting”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Old French peint →