Where does “shingle” come from?
Shingle comes from French chingler, derived from Latin cingula (belt), itself from Latin cingere (to gird or encircle), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kenk-.
shingle (English): A small, thin piece of building material, often...
Definitions
- A small, thin piece of building material, often...
Ancestry of “shingle”, step by step
shingle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chingler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chingler | to strap, whip |
| 2 | Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 3 | Latin | cingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | cingo | I surround, circle, ring; I gird on; I crown or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |
via Middle English shyngel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | shyngel | — |