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- — to stick into, pierce.

Finte (German): feint; twait shad, "Alosa fallax"

Definitions

  1. feint; twait shad, "Alosa fallax"

Ancestry of “Finte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfintafeminine singular of finto; affectation,...
2Italianfintofalse; fake; intended to mislead or distract;...
3Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
4Latinfīgere
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce

Words derived from “Finte

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