means To apply colored liquid to a surface for protection or decoration, or to create an image with such liquid; also the colored liquid itself.

from From Old French 'peint,' the past participle of 'peindre' (to paint), which traces back to Latin 'pingere' — to paint, embroider, or tattoo. That same Latin root quietly fathered 'picture,' 'pigment,' and 'depict,' so every painted wall is a distant cousin of every portrait. 'Pingere' may go back even further to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to cut, scratch, or prick' — a hint that the first 'painting' might have been less a brushstroke than a mark gouged into a surface.