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pigmentum

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Latin

Etymology

From pingō (to paint) + -mentum (suffix denoting the instrument or result of an action).

Pronunciation

Noun

pigmentum n (genitive pigmentī); second declension

  1. A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment, dye.
  2. (figuratively, of style) Ornament, coloring.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Old Italian: piumento
      • Italian: pimento (archaic, regional)
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Old Lombard: piumente
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

Borrowed:

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