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Where does “feint” come from?

feint (Old French) comes from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-.

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-—

Words derived from “feint”

  • faint
  • fainting
  • fainter
  • fainthearted
  • fainteth
  • faintheartedness
  • faintish
  • fainty
  • faintheartedly
  • faintishness
  • unfainting
  • faintingly
  • faintheart
  • faintful
  • faintingness
  • faintward
  • faint-heartedness
  • faint-heartedly
  • faintsome
  • forfaint
  • faint-hearted
  • ultrafaint
  • fainten
  • faintling
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