1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Pint

PINT (derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, picta, a painted or marked vessel), a liquid measure of capacity, equivalent to 1/8 of a gallon The imperial British pint=.57 of a litre, 34.66 cub. in. The United States standard pint=.47 of a litre, 287/8 cub. in. The word appears in French as pinte for a liquid measure as early as the 13th century.