Where does “peindre” come from?
peindre (French) comes from Middle French paindre, from Old French peindre, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
peindre (French): to paint
Ancestry of “peindre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | paindre | to paint |
| 2 | Old French | peindre | to paint |
| 3 | Latin | pingō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
Words derived from “peindre”