Where does “pintable” come from?
pintable (English) comes from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
pintable (English): A pinball table
Ancestry of “pintable”, step by step
pintable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English table
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | table | Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a... |
| 2 | Middle English | table | A table; A level writing surface; Any level... |
| 3 | Old French | table | table |
| 4 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via English PIN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | PIN | Acronym of personal identification number;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pinne | — |
| 3 | Old English | pinn | pin; peg; an instrument of writing; pen |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pinnaz | pin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bend- | point, pin; peg, tip, protruding point, edge;... |