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pimiento

The origin and history of pimiento.

Etymology

Comes from Spanish pimiento ("bell pepper; later any pepper"), which traces back to Latin pigmentum ("coloring; colorful thing"), from pingō ("to paint") plus -mentum (a suffix marking instruments and results of actions). It is a doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

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