Where does “untinctured” come from?
untinctured (English) comes from English tinctured, from English tincture, from Latin tinctura, from Latin tinctus, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
untinctured (English): Not tinctured; not tainted or coloured
Definitions
- Not tinctured; not tainted or coloured
Ancestry of “untinctured”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tinctured | simple past tense and past participle of tincture |
| 2 | English | tincture | A pigment or other substance that colours or... |
| 3 | Latin | tinctura | a dyeing; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 5 | Latin | tingō | — |
| 6 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |