Where does “pensulare” come from?
pensulare (Romanian) comes from Romanian pensulă, from German pinsel, from Middle High German bensel, from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicellus, from Latin pēnicillum, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pensulare (Romanian): brushing
Definitions
- brushing
Ancestry of “pensulare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pensulă | paintbrush |
| 2 | German | pinsel | paintbrush |
| 3 | Middle High German | bensel | — |
| 4 | Old French | pincel | paintbrush |
| 5 | Latin | pēnicellus | — |
| 6 | Latin | pēnicillum | A painter's brush |
| 7 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |