pimiento
English
/pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/, /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian pimiento (bell pepper, later any pepper) derived from Latin pigmentum (pigment, color, coloring, colorful thing, dye, colour, paint).
Origin
Latin
pigmentum
Gloss
pigment, color, coloring, colorful thing, dye, colour, paint
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
塗
Emoji
🌈 🖨️ 👨🎨 👩🎨 🖌️ 🖍️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pigmentarius Latin
- pigmentum Latin
- pingo Latin
- Pigment German
- pigmento Italian
- pigment Dutch, Flemish
- pigment French
- piment French
- pigmento Spanish, Castilian
- pimiento Spanish, Castilian
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- pigment Norwegian Bokmål
- pigmento Portuguese
- pimento Portuguese
- pigment Norwegian Nynorsk
- pigment Middle English
- pigment Catalan, Valencian
- pemento Galician
- pigmento Galician
- pimienta Old Spanish