English
Paintsville
From Paint + -s- + -ville, after Paint Creek (Johnson County, Kentucky).
Formed from Paint + -s- + -ville
Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to hew’
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Old French peindre ‘to paint’
Old French peint ‘painted’
Old French peintier ‘to paint’
Middle English peynten ‘to decorate or adorn with drawing or painting’
English Paint
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Kentucky, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Paintsville