LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

pīnciō

*pīnciō (present infinitive *pīnciāre, perfect active *pīnciāvī, supine *pīnciātum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionpuncture, prick, pierce, pinch

Origins

Origin uncertain. Possibly from a nasalized variant of *pīccāre (compare doublets French pincer and dialectal picher, pisser; also Italian pizzare), or perhaps a merger of Latin *punctiō (“puncture, sting”) and *pīccō (“strike, sting”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpinxar
  • Frenchpincerfrom Old French pincer
  • Englishpinchfrom Old French pincer
  • Italianpinzàre
  • Old French*pinchier
  • Old Frenchpincier
  • Bavarianpfitzenfrom Old French pincer
  • Dutchpinsenfrom Old French pincer
  • Dutchpitsenfrom Old French pincer
  • Normanpînchifrom Old French pincer
Iberian
  • Portuguesepinçar
  • Spanishpinchar
  • Galicianpinxar

Quick answers

What does pīnciō mean in Latin?
pīnciō, a verb, means “puncture, prick, pierce, pinch”.
What are the principal parts of pīnciō?
pīnciō, *pīnciāre, *pīnciāvī, *pīnciātum (first conjugation).