Where does “cintare” come from?
cintare (Italian) comes from Italian cinta, from Latin cincta, from Latin cinctus, from Latin cingo, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
cintare (Italian): to enclose, wrap up, wear, bear
Definitions
- to enclose, wrap up, wear, bear
Ancestry of “cintare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cinta | walls surrounding a city, castle etc; fence... |
| 2 | Latin | cincta | nominative feminine singular of cīnctus;... |
| 3 | Latin | cinctus | surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded;... |
| 4 | Latin | cingo | I surround, circle, ring; I gird on; I crown or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |