Where does “ピン” come from?
ピン (Japanese) comes from Portuguese pinta, from Portuguese pintar, from Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango — to attach.
ピン (Japanese): an ace in cards or a "one" in dice; the first or...
Definitions
- an ace in cards or a "one" in dice; the first or...
Ancestry of “ピン”, step by step
ピン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese pinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pinta | naevus; a small spot, dot or stain; suit |
| 2 | Portuguese | pintar | to paint |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | pintar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pinctare | — |
| 5 | Latin | pictāre | paint |
| 6 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 8 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |
via English ping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ping | A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | pingen | to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge,... |
| 3 | Old English | pyngan | to prick |
| 4 | Latin | pungere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pungō | to prick, to sting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |