Where does “peint” come from?

peint (French) comes from Vulgar Latin pinctus, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

peint (French): past participle of peindre; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. past participle of peindre; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “peint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpinctus—
2LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin Pictus →