Latin

pingō

‘to paint, tint or colour’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin pingō.

16 English words in this record descend from Latin pingō, most familiar first.

• picture ← pictūra
• paint ← peynten ← peintier
• pint ← pinte ← pinte ← *pincta ← picta
• depiction ← dēpictiō ← dēpingō
• depict ← depicten ← dēpictus ← dēpingō
• pigment ← pigmentum
• pictorial ← pictōrius ← pictor
• pinto ← pictus
• pimento ← pigmentum
• pictogram ← pictus
• pictograph ← pictus
• pimiento ← pigmentum

More words from pingō

• pictura
• dipinto
• pictogramme
• pinxit

Etymograph / Latin pingō