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Where does “pintor” come from?

pintor (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pintor, from Vulgar Latin pinctor, from Latin Pictor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

pintor (Spanish): painter

Definitions

  1. painter

Ancestry of “pintor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpintor—
2Vulgar Latinpinctor—
3LatinPictor—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “pintor”

  • pintoresco
  • pintor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →