Where does “feint” come from?

feint (French) comes from Old French feint, from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

feint (French): past participle of feindre; third-person singular...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “feint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfeintfeigned; negligent; sluggish
2Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
3Latinfīgere
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce

Words derived from “feint

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-Every word from Latin fīgereEvery word from Latin fictus