Where does “pin” come from?

pin (French) comes from Old French pin, from Latin pīnus, from Proto-Indo-European poi- — sap, juice.

pin (French): pine, pine tree

Definitions

  1. pine, pine tree

Ancestry of “pin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpin—
2Latinpīnuspine tree, fir tree
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpoi-sap, juice

Words derived from “pin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European poi- →Every word from Latin pīnus →Every word from Old French pin →