Where does “feint” come from?
Feint comes from French feint, the past participle of French feindre, from Latin fingere meaning to shape or fashion, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-.
feint (English): To make a feint, or mock attack; Feigned;...
Definitions
- To make a feint, or mock attack; Feigned;...
Ancestry of “feint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | feint | past participle of feindre; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Old French | feint | feigned; negligent; sluggish |
| 3 | Latin | fictus | feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fīgere | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰēygʷ- | — |
Words derived from “feint”