Where does “pimienta” come from?
pimienta (Old Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
pimienta (Old Spanish): pepper, peppercorns
Definitions
- pepper, peppercorns
Ancestry of “pimienta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | pimiento | pepper plant |
| 2 | Latin | pigmentum | A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment,... |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |