pinto
[ pin-toh, peen- ]
/ ˈpɪn toʊ, ˈpin- /
adjective
marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted: a pinto horse.
noun, plural pin·tos.
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
RELATED WORDS
case, bin, crate, chest, coffer, carton, sarcophagus, nag, crib, glass, trot, racehorse, cayuse, mustang, dappled, heterogeneous, mixed, multicolored, spotted, variegated
Nearby words
pintano, pinter, pinter, harold, pinterest, pintle, pinto, pinto bean, pintsch gas, pintubi, pinturicchio, pinup
Origin of pinto
1855–60, Americanism; < American Spanish (obsolete Spanish) < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted; see pinta
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pinto
/ (ˈpɪntəʊ) US and Canadian /
adjective
marked with patches of white; piebald
noun plural -tos
a pinto horse
Word Origin for pinto
C19: from American Spanish (originally: painted, spotted), ultimately from Latin pingere to paint
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Word Origin and History for pinto
pinto
1860, "a horse marked black and white," from American Spanish pinto, literally "painted, spotted," from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pinctus, variant of Latin pictus "painted," past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)). Pinto bean is attested from 1916, so called for its markings.
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