Where does “pinta” come from?

pinta (Tagalog) comes from Spanish pinta, from English pint, from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pinta (Tagalog): act of painting

Definitions

  1. act of painting

Ancestry of “pinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpintalook, appearance; small spot, dot or stain; jail
2EnglishpintA unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;...
3Middle Englishpintepint
4Old Frenchpinte
5Vulgar Latinpinctaa mark used to indicate a level of quantity...
6LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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