Words that come from Old French “feindre”
58 words across 4 languages descend from Old French feindre — including faint, fain, fainting, fainter, feigning, feign, feint, fainthearted.
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English (42)
- faint
- fain
- fainting
- fainter
- feigning
- feign
- feint
- fainthearted
- finagle
- fainteth
- faintheartedness
- faineant
- faintish
- feigneth
- feigner
- fainty
- feignest
- faintheartedly
- faintishness
- unfainting
- faintingly
- finagler
- faintheart
- fainness
- faineance
- unfeigning
- feigningly
- feinter
- fainaigue
- faint-hearted
- ultrafaint
- fainten
- faintling
- fainthood
- faintingness
- forfaint
- faint-heartedness
- faint-heartedly
- faintful
- faintsome
- faintward
- feinting