Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pint

 noun  Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French, probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta, feminine of pinctus, past participle of Latin pingere to paint; from the use of a painted mark on a container to show its capacity — more at paint  Date: 14th century  1. — see weight table  2. a ~ pot or vessel PINTA  I. noun  Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, spot, mark, from Vulgar Latin *pincta  Date: 1825 a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis  II. noun  Etymology: pint + -a (as in cuppa)  Date: 1959 British a pint of milk