Where does “peinture” come from?

peinture (French) comes from Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin pinctura, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

peinture (French): painting; painting, canvas; vivid description

Definitions

  1. painting; painting, canvas; vivid description

Ancestry of “peinture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeinturepicture
2Vulgar Latinpinctura—
3Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
4Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “peinture”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Latin pictūra →
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