Where does “finta” come from?

finta (Catalan) comes from Italian finta, from Italian finto, from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

finta (Catalan): feint

Definitions

  1. feint

Ancestry of “finta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfintafeminine singular of finto; affectation,...
2Italianfintofalse; fake; intended to mislead or distract;...
3Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
4Latinfīgere—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce

Words derived from “finta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- →Every word from Latin fīgere →Every word from Latin fictus →