Where does “Finte” come from?
Finte (German) comes from Italian finta, from Italian finto, from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-.
Finte (German): feint; twait shad, "Alosa fallax"
Definitions
- feint; twait shad, "Alosa fallax"
Ancestry of “Finte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | finta | feminine singular of finto; affectation,... |
| 2 | Italian | finto | false; fake; intended to mislead or distract;... |
| 3 | Latin | fictus | feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having... |
| 4 | Latin | fīgere | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰēygʷ- | — |