Where does “πινέλο” come from?
πινέλο (Greek) comes from Italian pennello, from Vulgar Latin penellus, from Latin penis, from Proto-Italic pesnis, from Proto-Indo-European pes-ni-s.
πινέλο (Greek): artist's or decorator's brush; shaving brush
Definitions
- artist's or decorator's brush; shaving brush
Ancestry of “πινέλο”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | pennello | brush, paintbrush; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | penellus | — |
| 3 | Latin | penis | tail; the penis, male sexual organ; lust |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pesnis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pes-ni-s | — |