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 πίνω; 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.