Where does “pinxter” come from?
pinxter (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin pentecoste, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστός, from Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomth₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.
Ancestry of “pinxter”, step by step
Words derived from “pinxter”