paint- root words — words with the paint- root

The root paint- comes from Latin pingere, meaning to paint, embroider. 14 words in Dendril are built from it, including paintbrush, greasepaint, paintwork, depicture, paintball, paintbox, painty, pictographic, pictography, picturize, pigmentary, pinxit. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the paint- root

Explore words with paint- — words containing the paint- root and sharing its sense of "to paint, embroider". Examples include paintbrush, greasepaint, paintwork, depicture, paintball, paintbox, painty, pictographic, pictography, picturize, pigmentary, pinxit. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does paint- mean?

The paint- root means to paint, embroider, from Latin pingere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.