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

Definitions

  1. to paint

Ancestry of “peindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpaindreto paint
2Old Frenchpeindreto paint
3Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “peindre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Old French peindre →