Where does “tinta” come from?
tinta (Galician) comes from Old Occitan tinta, from Latin tincta, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
tinta (Galician): ink; red grape; a particular sickness of the...
Definitions
- ink; red grape; a particular sickness of the...
Ancestry of “tinta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | tinta | — |
| 2 | Latin | tincta | nominative feminine singular of tīnctus;... |
| 3 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |