Where does “feint” come from?

feint (Old French) comes from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- — to stick into, pierce.

feint (Old French): feigned; negligent; sluggish

Definitions

  1. feigned; negligent; sluggish

Ancestry of “feint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfictusfeigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having...
2Latinfīgere—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-to stick into, pierce

Words derived from “feint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- →Every word from Latin fīgere →Every word from Latin fictus →