Where does “faineance” come from?

faineance (English) comes from English fainéant, 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.

faineance (English): The state or quality of being faineant

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being faineant

Ancestry of “faineance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfainéantAlternative spelling of faineant
2Old Frenchfay neantfaineant; lazybones
3Old Frenchfeignantidler
4Old Frenchfeindreto feign
5Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingere →Every word from Old French feindre →