Where does “pionta” come from?

pionta (Irish) comes from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pionta (Irish): pint, jar

Definitions

  1. pint, jar

Ancestry of “pionta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpinte
2Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
3LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin Pictus
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