Where does “demi-teinte” come from?
demi-teinte (French) comes from French teinte, from Latin tincta, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
demi-teinte (French): a medium shade, neither particularly light nor...
Definitions
- a medium shade, neither particularly light nor...
Ancestry of “demi-teinte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | teinte | shade, tint; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | tincta | nominative feminine singular of tīnctus;... |
| 3 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |
Words derived from “demi-teinte”