English
pinto
Pinto comes from Spanish pinto ‘painted, mottled’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyḱ-‘to mark, paint’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pinéḱtireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pingōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpingō‘to paint’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpictusas *pinctus‘painted’reconstructed
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpinto‘painted, mottled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1936same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyḱ-‘to mark, paint’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pinéḱtireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pingōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpingō‘to paint’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpictusas *pinctus‘painted’reconstructed
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpinto‘painted, mottled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1936same form
Earliest quotation: 1936, Joseph S. Fleming, Flying Hoofs. Chick Norris again leads his Mounted Patrol: “Chick Norris leaned low over his pinto.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to mark, paint’
fish, file, feud, piscina, 26 more
through Latin pingō ‘to paint’
picture, paint, depiction, depict, pigment, pictorial, pimento, 8 more
Today it means
noun A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- / pinto