Where does “ceindre” come from?

ceindre (French) comes from Old French ceindre, from Latin cingō — to surround, circle, ring, encircle.

ceindre (French): to gird, put on; to wrap round; to don

Definitions

  1. to gird, put on; to wrap round; to don

Ancestry of “ceindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchceindreto put on; to wrap round; to don
2Latincingōto surround, circle, ring, encircle
Every word from Latin cingō
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