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Where does “ceinture” come from?

ceinture (English) comes from French ceinture, from Old French ceinture, from Latin cinctura, from Latin cingō.

ceinture (English): A belt or girdle

Definitions

  1. A belt or girdle

Ancestry of “ceinture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchceinturebelt
2Old Frenchceinturebelt
3Latincincturagirdle, belt; nominative feminine singular of...
4Latincingō—
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