Where does “faynt” come from?

faynt (Cornish) comes from Middle English faynt, from Old French faint, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

faynt (Cornish): feeble

Definitions

  1. feeble

Ancestry of “faynt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfaynt—
2Old Frenchfaint—
3Old Frenchfeindreto feign
4Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “faynt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingere →Every word from Old French feindre →