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
- The drinking of a certain number of pints of...
Ancestry of “pinter”, step by step
pinter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English pint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pint | A unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pinte | pint |
| 3 | Old French | pinte | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pincta | a mark used to indicate a level of quantity... |
| 5 | Latin | Pictus | a Pict, a resident of early Scotland |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Hungarian Pintér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Pintér | for a cooper |
| 2 | German | Binder | girder, tie; binder |
| 3 | German | binden | to tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | binden | to bind |
| 5 | Old High German | bintan | to bind |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bindan | to bind, to tie |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bindaną | to bind, to tie |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |