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Where does “teinte” come from?

teinte (French) comes from Latin tincta, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.

teinte (French): shade, tint; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. shade, tint; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “teinte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintinctanominative feminine singular of tīnctus;...
2Latintingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

Words derived from “teinte”

  • teint
  • demitint
  • demi-teinte
  • teinter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →