Where does “pintless” come from?
pintless (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.
pintless (English): Without a pint or pints
Definitions
- Without a pint or pints
Ancestry of “pintless”, step by step
pintless traces back through two 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 |