Where does “fingere” come from?

fingere (Italian) comes from Latin fingō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

fingere (Italian): to pretend or feign; to pretend, imagine, or...

Definitions

  1. to pretend or feign; to pretend, imagine, or...

Ancestry of “fingere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “fingere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingō →