Where does “teinture” come from?
teinture (English) comes from French teinture, from Latin tinctura, from Latin tinctus, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
teinture (English): colour; tinge; tincture
Definitions
- colour; tinge; tincture
Ancestry of “teinture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | teinture | A liquid dye, colourant; A color, shade thus... |
| 2 | Latin | tinctura | a dyeing; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 4 | Latin | tingō | to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse |
| 5 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |