Where does “soignée” come from?
soignée (French) comes from French soigné, from French soigner, from French soin, from Middle French soin, from Old French soing, from Latin sonium, from Frankish sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō.
soignée (French): feminine singular of soigné; feminine singular of...
Definitions
- feminine singular of soigné; feminine singular of...
Ancestry of “soignée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | soigné | immaculate ; well-manicured; carefully made, well... |
| 2 | French | soigner | to treat; to nurse; to look after, to take care... |
| 3 | French | soin | care |
| 4 | Middle French | soin | — |
| 5 | Old French | soing | care; attention; thought |
| 6 | Latin | sonium | — |
| 7 | Frankish | sunnju | worry, care, concern; concern, care;... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |
Words derived from “soignée”