Where does “peintre” come from?

peintre (French) comes from Middle French paintre, from Old French peintre, from Vulgar Latin pinctor, from Latin Pictor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

peintre (French): painter

Definitions

  1. painter

Ancestry of “peintre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpaintrepainter
2Old Frenchpeintre—
3Vulgar Latinpinctor—
4LatinPictorfamously held by
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin Pictor →