Where does “teint” come from?
teint (Middle French) comes from Old French teint, from Latin tinctum, from Latin tinctus, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
Ancestry of “teint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | teint | — |
| 2 | Latin | tinctum | nominative neuter singular of tīnctus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 4 | Latin | tingō | to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse |
| 5 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |