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Where does “pinche” come from?

pinche (Spanish) comes from Spanish pinchar, from Spanish punchar, from Spanish punzar, from Vulgar Latin puntiare, from Latin punctiāre, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pinche (Spanish): damned, goddamned; stingy, cheap; a kitchen...

Definitions

  1. damned, goddamned; stingy, cheap; a kitchen...

Ancestry of “pinche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpincharto puncture, prick, pierce; to poke; to sting
2Spanishpuncharto pierce; to punch
3Spanishpunzarto perforate, punch; to sting, twinge
4Vulgar Latinpuntiare—
5Latinpunctiāre—
6Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pinche”

  • compincharse
  • compinche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →