Etymology

painty

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Today it means: Covered or smeared with paint. Full definition →

English paint ← Middle English peynten ← Old French peintier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pinéḱti
  3. Proto-Italic*pingō
  4. Latinpingō
  5. Latinpictus
  6. Vulgar Latin*pinctus
  7. Frenchpeint
  8. Old Frenchpeintier
  9. Middle Englishpeynten
  10. Englishpaint
  11. English todaypainty

From paint + -y.

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