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Where does “pinter” come from?

pinter (English) comes from English pint, from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pinter (English): The drinking of a certain number of pints of...

Definitions

  1. The drinking of a certain number of pints of...

Ancestry of “pinter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpintA unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;...
2Middle Englishpintepint
3Old Frenchpinte—
4Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
5LatinPictus—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →