Where does “pinte” come from?

pinte (French) comes from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pinte (French): A French-Canadian term for an Imperial quart,...

Definitions

  1. A French-Canadian term for an Imperial quart,...

Ancestry of “pinte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
2LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pinte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin Pictus →
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