Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

painty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
painty
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered or smeared with paint.

adj

Having too much paint.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint English -y English painty From paint + -y.

Inflected Forms

paintier (comparative) paintiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

paintiness

Questions

What does painty mean?
Covered or smeared with paint.
Where does painty come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti Proto-Italic *pingō Latin pingō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin pictus Vulgar Latin *pinctus French peint Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French peintierder. Middle English peynten English paint English -y English painty From paint + -y.

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