Where does “pinto” come from?

pinto (Galician) comes 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.

pinto (Galician): a spotted variety of Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), locally considered a different species

Definitions

a spotted variety of Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), locally considered a different species

Ancestry of “pinto”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Vulgar Latin	pinctus	—
2	Latin	Pictus	a Pict, a resident of early Scotland
3	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pinto”

píntega

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