Where does “fintaggine” come from?

fintaggine (Italian) comes from Italian finta, from Italian finto, from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

fintaggine (Italian): duplicity, falseness

Definitions

  1. duplicity, falseness

Ancestry of “fintaggine”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-Every word from Latin fīgereEvery word from Latin fictus
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