Where does “tint” come from?
tint (Dutch) comes from Dutch tinct, from Latin tinctus, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
tint (Dutch): hue
Ancestry of “tint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tinct | — |
| 2 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 3 | Latin | tingō | — |
| 4 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |