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Where does “pingere” come from?

pingere (Latin) comes from Latin pingo, from Latin pango, from Proto-Italic pangō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

pingere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “pingere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpingoI decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;...
2LatinpangoI fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force...
3Proto-Italicpangōto fasten, to fix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “pingere”

  • picture
  • pictures
  • painting
  • paint
  • painter
  • picturesque
  • pint
  • picturesqueness
  • picturesquely
  • paintbrush
  • painterly
  • pinto
  • repaint
  • paintwork
  • Pict
  • unpicturesque
  • paintball
  • pictura
  • underpainting
  • greasepaint
  • Pictland
  • paintable
  • housepainter
  • paintbox
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