Where does “pins” come from?

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

pins (French): plural of pin

Definitions

  1. plural of pin

Ancestry of “pins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpinpine, pine tree
2Old Frenchpin—
3Latinpīnuspine tree, fir tree
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpoi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European poi- →Every word from Latin pīnus →Every word from Old French pin →