Where does “tingō” come from?

tingō (Latin) comes from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.

tingō (Latin): to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse

Definitions

  1. to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse

Ancestry of “tingō”, step by step

tingō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tingere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

via Proto-Italic tengō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictengō—

Words derived from “tingō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teng- →Every word from Latin tingere →