Etymology of the English word pinta
the English word
pintaderived from the Spanish word
pintaderived from the Spanish word
pintoderived from the French word
pintederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*pinctaderived from the Classical Latin word
pictaderived from the Latin word
pingere (decorate, embellish; depict in embroidery; paint, tint, color)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*peig-Usage
Word found in Modern English