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