Where does “penti” come from?

penti (Haitian Creole) comes from French peinture, from Old French peinture, from Vulgar Latin pinctura, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

penti (Haitian Creole): paint

Definitions

  1. paint

Ancestry of “penti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpeinturepainting; painting, canvas; vivid description
2Old Frenchpeinturepicture
3Vulgar Latinpinctura—
4Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
5Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
6Proto-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 Latin pictūra →