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
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “pint”