Where does “pinjelpas” come from?

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

pinjelpas (Mokilese): a pencil

Definitions

  1. a pencil

Ancestry of “pinjelpas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokilesepinjelpencil
2EnglishpencilA paintbrush
3Old Frenchpincil—
4Latinpēniculus—
5Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
6Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin pēniculus →