Where does “píntega” come from?
píntega (Galician) comes from Galician pinto, from Vulgar Latin pinctus, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
píntega (Galician): salamander
Ancestry of “píntega”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | pinto | a spotted variety of Ballan wrasse , locally... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pinctus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Pictus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |