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