Where does “fainéant” come from?
fainéant (French) comes from French feignant, from French feindre, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
fainéant (French): a lazybones; one who makes little or no effort;...
Definitions
- a lazybones; one who makes little or no effort;...
Ancestry of “fainéant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | feignant | present participle of feindre; lazy, idle; idler,... |
| 2 | French | feindre | to fake; to feign |
| 3 | Old French | feindre | to feign |
| 4 | Latin | fingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |
Words derived from “fainéant”