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Where does “pinte” come from?

pinte (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “pinte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
2LatinPictus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pinte”

  • pint
  • pinter
  • pintless
  • half-pint
  • pintman
  • パイント
  • pinte
  • pionta
  • painti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →