PINT (pinta), a vessel, or measure, used in estimating the quantity of liquids, and even sometimes of
dry things.—Budaus derives the word from the Greek πίνδα; others from the German pint, a little measure of wine; Nicod from the Greek πίνω, "to drink."
The English pint is twofold; the one for wine-measure, the other for beer and ale-measure. See MEASURE.