painter English · revision 15119

+ Painter, one who paints, and painter, a rope for tying a boat, are separate words, both through French.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈpeɪn.tə/, US /ˈpeɪn.t̬ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ {{homograph|1|one who paints}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1220|origins=la pingō}}

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The artist is [[inh|enm|peyntour]], [[bor|fro|peintour]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[la-vul|*pinctor]], an alteration, influenced by [[la|pingō|t=to paint]], of [[m|la|pictor|t=a painter]] (see [[paint]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As a surname, Peintur in 1220 and Paintur in 1240;^(Barnhart 1988) an artist who paints pictures, 1340 in the OED, the early 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A workman who coats surfaces with paint is from about 1400.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Figuratively, a writer who describes things in pictures is from 1570.^(OED 1989) The southern constellation Pictor is the Painter (1959).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1220 – Peintur (surname).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1340 – an artist.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – a house painter.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1570 – a pictorial writer.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An artist who paints pictures.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person who paints walls, woodwork and other surfaces as a trade.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[painterly]]

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+ {{homograph|2|rope}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=1336–37|origins=la pendeō}}

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The rope is [[inh|enm|peyntour]], probably [[bor|fro|pentoir|t=cordage for hanging]] or [[m|fro|penteur|t=strong rope]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(Collins 2023) from [[m|fro|pendre|t=to hang]], from [[la|pendeō|t=to hang]] (see [[pendant]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) Hoad and the NODE call it of uncertain origin.^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A rope or chain holding an anchor to a ship's side: 1336–37 in Barnhart, the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was later extended to any rope at the bow of a boat.^(Etymonline) Hoad thinks the old verb paint, to make fast with a rope, is probably a back-formation from it.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1336–37 – an anchor rope.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A rope attached to the bow of a boat, used for tying it up or towing it.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[paint]]

+ * [[picture]]

+ * [[pictorial]]

+ * [[pendant]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Painter, a panther or cougar, is an American alteration of [[panther]] (1764 in Barnhart, 1738 in Merriam-Webster).^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(AHD) In Norfolk dialect a painter was one of the little feathers at the angle of a snipe's wing.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}