Where does “pint” come from?
Pint comes from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, the feminine past participle of Latin pingere, meaning to paint or mark.
pint (English): A unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;...
Definitions
- A unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;...
Ancestry of “pint”, step by step
pint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English pinte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pinte | pint |
| 2 | Old French | pinte | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pincta | a mark used to indicate a level of quantity... |
| 4 | Latin | Pictus | a Pict, a resident of early Scotland |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Dutch pint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pint | A glass of beer |