Where does “ceint” come from?

ceint (Old French) comes from Latin cīnctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ceint (Old French): Alternative form of cent

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cent

Ancestry of “ceint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincīnctussurrounded, encircled, having been surrounded
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “ceint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin cīnctus →