Reconstruction:Latin/pinctus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeŋtos/

Participle

*pinctus (feminine *pincta, neuter *pinctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. Alternative form of pictus (“painted”) (/n/ added by analogy with pingō and other inflexions)

Derived terms

• *pinctāre

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pinto
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: pint
  • French: peint
  • Occitan: pench, pint
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: pinto
  • Spanish: pinto
    • → English: pinto

References

• “pint” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.