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Where does “pintid” come from?

pintid (English) comes from English pinta, from Spanish pinta, from English pint, from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pintid (English): One of the lesions in the skin disease pinta

Definitions

  1. One of the lesions in the skin disease pinta

Ancestry of “pintid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpintaA pint of milk; A human skin disease endemic to...
2Spanishpintalook, appearance; small spot, dot or stain; jail
3EnglishpintA unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;...
4Middle Englishpintepint
5Old Frenchpinte—
6Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
7LatinPictus—
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus—
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →