The story
- Spanish · borrowed frompinto“painted”
- English todaypinto bean
From Spanish pinto (“painted”), named for its mottled skin.
Words from the same roots
Spanishpinto all →
pinto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pinto bean
Today it means: Any bean of several varieties of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), common in the US and Mexico. Full definition →
Spanish pinto