Where does “fainéanter” come from?
fainéanter (French) comes from French fainéant, from French feignant, from French feindre, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
fainéanter (French): to do nothing; to be idle; to faff
Definitions
- to do nothing; to be idle; to faff
Ancestry of “fainéanter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fainéant | a lazybones; one who makes little or no effort;... |
| 2 | French | feignant | present participle of feindre; lazy, idle; idler,... |
| 3 | French | feindre | to fake; to feign |
| 4 | Old French | feindre | to feign |
| 5 | Latin | fingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |