Where does “pintada” come from?
pintada (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pintado, from Portuguese pintar, from Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango — to attach.
pintada (Portuguese): feminine singular of pintado; guinea fowl
Definitions
- feminine singular of pintado; guinea fowl
Ancestry of “pintada”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pintado | spotted |
| 2 | Portuguese | pintar | to paint |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | pintar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pinctare | — |
| 5 | Latin | pictāre | paint |
| 6 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 8 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |