English

impaint

From im- + paint?

Formed from in- + paint

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

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

verb To paint; to decorate with colours.

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