pimento

The story

1. Latin · derived frompigmentum“coloring; colorful thing”
2. Portuguese · borrowed frompimento“bell pepper; later any pepper”
3. English todaypimento

Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.

Words from the same roots