Where does “ceint” come from?

ceint (French) comes from Old French ceint, from Latin cīnctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ceint (French): past participle of ceindre; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. past participle of ceindre; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “ceint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchceintAlternative form of cent
2Latincīnctussurrounded, encircled, having been surrounded
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin cīnctus →