English
fingerpaint
From finger + paint.
Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’
Proto-West Germanic *fingr
Old English finger
Middle English fynger ‘a finger’
English finger
Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to hew’
…
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
noun A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fingerpaint