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Where does “pincta” come from?

pincta (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pincta (Vulgar Latin): a mark used to indicate a level of quantity...

Definitions

  1. a mark used to indicate a level of quantity...

Ancestry of “pincta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPictus—
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pincta”

  • pint
  • pinter
  • pintless
  • half-pint
  • pintman
  • pinte
  • pintai
  • pinter
  • パイント
  • pinte
  • pionta
  • pinte
  • painti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →