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paintEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
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”).
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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”).
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