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pimento

Meaningpigment, paint

Common meaning: allspice

Other meanings: a sweet pepper

Journey through time

  1. Latinpigmentumsource
  2. Portuguesepimentasource
  3. Middle Englishpimentsource
  4. Englishpimento‘allspice’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin pigmentum ‘pigment, paint’.

Roots

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