pint
English
/paɪnt/
noun
Definitions
- A unit of volume, equivalent to:
- (British) A pint of milk.
- (UK) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pinte (pint) derived from Old French pinte derived from Latin *pincta, picta (painted), pingō (paint, I paint).
Origin
Latin
pingō
Gloss
paint, I paint
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
塗
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- half-pint English
- pinter English
- pintless English
- pintman English
- suck English
- suck-pint English
- *pictāre Latin
- *pincta Latin
- *pinctāre Latin
- *pinta Latin
- depingo Latin
- picta Latin
- pictus Latin
- pingō Latin
- suppingo Latin
- pinte French
- pintar Spanish, Castilian
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- パイント Japanese
- pinte Middle English
- pionta Irish
- peintier Old French
- pinte Old French
- peint Welsh
- painti Swahili
- piandro Dalmatian