Where does “pimenta” come from?

pimenta (English) comes from Portuguese pimenta, from Old Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta — nominative plural of pigmentum; accusative plural...

pimenta (English): pimento

Definitions

  1. pimento

Ancestry of “pimenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepimentapepper
2Old Portuguesepimenta—
3Latinpigmentanominative plural of pigmentum; accusative plural...
Every word from Latin pigmenta →Every word from Old Portuguese pimenta →Every word from Portuguese pimenta →