Where does “pensil” come from?

pensil (Maia) comes from Tok Pisin pensil, from English pencil, from Old French pincil, from Latin pēniculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pensil (Maia): pencil

Definitions

  1. pencil

Ancestry of “pensil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinpensilpencil
2EnglishpencilA paintbrush
3Old Frenchpincil—
4Latinpēniculus—
5Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
6Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
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