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Where does “tincere” come from?

tincere (Old English) comes from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

Ancestry of “tincere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtintin
2Proto-West Germanic*tin—
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tincere”

  • tinker
  • tinkerer
  • tinkerbird
  • tinkerly
  • tinkersome
  • tinkere
  • tincéir
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