pimiento

The story

1. Latin · derived frompigmentum“coloring; colorful thing”
2. Spanish · borrowed frompimiento“bell pepper; later any pepper”
3. English todaypimiento

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

Words from the same roots