Where does “paintre” come from?

paintre (Middle French) comes from Old French peintre, from Vulgar Latin pinctor, from Latin Pictor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

paintre (Middle French): painter

Definitions

  1. painter

Ancestry of “paintre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeintre—
2Vulgar Latinpinctor—
3LatinPictorfamously held by
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “paintre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin Pictor →