pint

pint · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frompingō“paint”
2. Latin · derived frompicta“painted”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*pincta“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”
4. Old French · derived frompinte
5. Middle English · inherited frompinte
6. English todaypint

From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.

Pint · proper noun²

1. Dutch · borrowed fromPint
2. English todayPint

Borrowed from Dutch Pint, a metonymic occupational surname for an official who controlled measures.

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