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Where does “painture” come from?

painture (English) comes from Middle English peynture, from Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin pinctura, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

painture (English): The art of painting; A painting

Definitions

  1. The art of painting; A painting

Ancestry of “painture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpeynture—
2Old Frenchpeinturepicture
3Vulgar Latinpinctura—
4Latinpictūra—
5Latinpingō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
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