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Where does this word come from...???
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Obviously, I have no idea what edition of the OED Pinus uses and the same applies to the OED mentioned by the link-site offered by Linlam. The plain fact is, however, that 'The Oxford English Dictionary' - that's the horse's mouth, multi-volume one that fills a shelf in reference libraries, looking for all the world like a set of the 'Encyclop�dia Britannica', gives the etymology I offered in my original response.
I'd go with the word-bible, Tintin.