Where does “pinjel” come from?

pinjel (Mokilese) comes from English pencil, from Old French pincil, from Latin pēniculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pinjel (Mokilese): pencil

Definitions

pencil

Ancestry of “pinjel”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	pencil	A paintbrush
2	Old French	pincil	—
3	Latin	pēniculus	—
4	Latin	-culus	Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5	Proto-Italic	*-kelos	Diminutive suffix

Words derived from “pinjel”

pinjelpas

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin pēniculus →