Where does “fainéant” come from?
fainéant (English) comes from Old French fay neant, from Old French feignant, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
fainéant (English): Alternative spelling of faineant
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of faineant
Ancestry of “fainéant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | fay neant | faineant; lazybones |
| 2 | Old French | feignant | idler |
| 3 | Old French | feindre | to feign |
| 4 | Latin | fingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |