Where does “pintade” come from?
pintade (French) comes from Portuguese pintada, from Portuguese pintado, from Portuguese pintar, from Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo — to attach.
pintade (French): guinea fowl
Definitions
- guinea fowl
Ancestry of “pintade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pintada | feminine singular of pintado; guinea fowl |
| 2 | Portuguese | pintado | spotted |
| 3 | Portuguese | pintar | to paint |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | pintar | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pinctare | — |
| 6 | Latin | pictāre | paint |
| 7 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 9 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |