Where does “feigning” come from?

Feigning comes from Middle English feinen and feynen, from Latin fingere meaning to shape or form, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-.

feigning (English): present participle of feign; Act of one who...

Definitions

  1. present participle of feign; Act of one who...

Ancestry of “feigning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeignTo make a false show or pretence of; to...
2Middle EnglishfeynenTo make, produce, cause; To fake, feign, defraud,...
3Old Frenchfeindreto feign
4Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “feigning”

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