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
- present participle of feign; Act of one who...
Ancestry of “feigning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | feign | To make a false show or pretence of; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | feynen | To make, produce, cause; To fake, feign, defraud,... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “feigning”