Where does “feindre” come from?
feindre (Old French) comes from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
feindre (Old French): to feign
Ancestry of “feindre”, step by step
feindre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin fingere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | fingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |
via Latin fingō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *fingō | to knead, form |
Words derived from “feindre”