Etymograph

English

pine

Pine comes from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā ‘pine tree’, and goes back to Latin pīnus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnus‘pine tree, fir tree’
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*pīnā‘pine tree’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*pīnereconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pyne
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1847pine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnus‘pine tree, fir tree’
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*pīnā‘pine tree’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*pīnereconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pyne
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1847pine

Earliest quotation: 1847, – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray: “[…] I bought a pine-apple at the same time,…”

The story

Possibly related to fat.

Linked words

through Latin pīnus ‘pine tree, fir tree’

pinot, piñata, 8 more

Another origin of pine

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pay’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷoynéh₂‘payment’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoinā́reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποινήpoinḗ‘penalty, fine, bloodmoney’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoena‘penalty, punishment’
  6. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pēna
  7. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*pīnā‘pain, torment, torture’reconstructed
  8. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*pīnōn‘to torture, torment’reconstructed
  9. Old Englishc. 450–1150pīnian‘to torment’
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pynen‘to torment or torture’
  11. Englishtodaypine

Today it means

noun Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin pīnus / pine

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