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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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paint make (a picture) on a surface in colours XII; depict in words XV. prob. first in pp.
(i)peint — (O)F.
peint(e), pp. of
peindre :— L.
pingere embroider, paint, embellish, f. nasalized form of IE. *
pig- *
peig-, repr. also by Skr.
pinkte paints, and parallel with *
peik- *
poik̂-, repr. by OE.
fāh, OHG.
fēh, Goth.
-faihs coloured.
Hence
paint ob. pigment, colour. XVII. So
painter1 XIV. — OF.
peintour, nom.
peintre :- Rom. *
pinctōrem, for L.
pictōrem, nom.
pictor, f.
pict-, pp. stem of
pingere; see
-OR1,
-ER5.
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