Where does “feinte” come from?

feinte (French) comes from French feindre, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

feinte (French): feint, dummy; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. feint, dummy; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “feinte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfeindreto fake; to feign
2Old Frenchfeindreto feign
3Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “feinte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingere →Every word from Old French feindre →