Where does “soignée” come from?
soignée (English) comes from French soignée, from French soigné, from French soigner, from French soin, from Middle French soin, from Old French soing, from Latin sonium, from Frankish sunnju — to be.
soignée (English): Alternative form of soigné
Definitions
- Alternative form of soigné
Ancestry of “soignée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | soignée | feminine singular of soigné; feminine singular of... |
| 2 | French | soigné | immaculate (of clothes, etc.); well-manicured (nails) |
| 3 | French | soigner | to treat; to nurse; to look after, to take care... |
| 4 | French | soin | care |
| 5 | Middle French | soin | — |
| 6 | Old French | soing | care; attention; thought |
| 7 | Latin | sonium | care, attention |
| 8 | Frankish | sunnju | worry, care, concern; concern, care;... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |