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Where does “pintar” come from?

pintar (Spanish) comes 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.

pintar (Spanish): to paint; to draw; to look, to seem

Definitions

  1. to paint; to draw; to look, to seem

Ancestry of “pintar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpinctare—
2Latinpictāre—
3Latinpingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinpingoI decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;...
5LatinpangoI fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force...
6Proto-Italicpangōto fasten, to fix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “pintar”

  • pintaúñas
  • pintón
  • pintalabios
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →