Where does “paindre” come from?

paindre (Middle French) comes from Old French peindre, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

paindre (Middle French): to paint

Definitions

  1. to paint

Ancestry of “paindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeindreto paint
2Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “paindre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Old French peindre →