Where does “penn” come from?

penn (Haitian Creole) comes from French peindre, from Middle French paindre, from Old French peindre, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

penn (Haitian Creole): to paint

Definitions

  1. to paint

Ancestry of “penn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpeindreto paint
2Middle Frenchpaindreto paint
3Old Frenchpeindreto paint
4Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Old French peindre →