Where does “pinlay” come from?
pinlay (English) comes from English inlay, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid, from English cellulose — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pinlay (English): An inlay braced with pins
Definitions
- An inlay braced with pins
Ancestry of “pinlay”, step by step
pinlay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inlay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inlay | To place within another material to form a... |
| 2 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 3 | English | Lee | for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) |
| 4 | Irish | Laoi | lay, song |
| 5 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 6 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 7 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 8 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 9 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 10 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 11 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 12 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |