Païnt

See also: paint and Paint

Limburgish

Etymology

From earlier pant. Only found in continental Germanic languages (→ German Pfand, Dutch pand, and Swedish pant) and of unresolved origin, various Latin sources have been suggested: Latin pāctum (“agreement”) under the supposition of a Low Latin *pantum from *panctum, or a pondus (“weight”) borrowed so early that it preceded the change from Indo-European o to a in Germanic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pai̯nt/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯nt

Noun

Païnt n (plural Païnt) (Eupen)

  1. pawn, pledge
  2. delimited area or surface (chiefly of land, hence: parcel)
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