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Reconstruction:Latin/pincto
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Latin
Etymology
From *pinctus + -ō.
Verb
*pinctō (present infinitive *pinctāre, perfect active *pinctāvī, supine *pinctātum); first conjugation
- Alternative form of *pictō (“paint”)
Reconstruction notes
The Neapolitan and Sardinian forms may have been borrowed from or influenced by Spanish.[1] It is therefore unclear whether this reconstruction can be assigned to the Proto-Romance level.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: pentà
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: pintare, pintai
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pintar
- Franco-Provençal: pintâ, pinté, pentá
- Occitan: pintar
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: pintar
- Galician: pintar
- Portuguese: pintar
- Spanish: pintar
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “pictāre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 482
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*pĭctare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 428
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “pintáre”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg