Where does “faint” come from?

faint (Old French) comes from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

Ancestry of “faint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfeindreto feign
2Latinfingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “faint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin fingere →Every word from Old French feindre →