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