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English word origin

Etymology of paint

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pict

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The source etymologies

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. · A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. · The free-throw lane, construed with the. · Paintballs.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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  • Derivation mentionpeintierfro
  • Derivation mentionpingōla
  • Non-cognate comparisontēaforang · paint
  • Non-cognate comparisonmētanang · to paint

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To apply paint to. · To apply in the manner that paint is applied. · To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part. · To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionpeyntenenm
  • Derivation mentionpeintierfro
  • Derivation mentionpingōla
  • Non-cognate comparisontēaforang · paint
  • Non-cognate comparisonmētanang · to paint

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Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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