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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

Definitions

  1. to feign

Ancestry of “feindre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “feindre”

  • faint
  • fain
  • fainting
  • fainter
  • feigning
  • feign
  • feint
  • fainthearted
  • finagle
  • fainteth
  • faintheartedness
  • faineant
  • faintish
  • feigneth
  • feigner
  • fainty
  • feignest
  • faintheartedly
  • faintishness
  • unfainting
  • faintingly
  • finagler
  • faintheart
  • fainness
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