feint

French

past participle

Definitions

(past participle of) feindre
(inflection of) feindre

Etymology

Inherited from Old French feint inherited from Latin fictus.

Origin

Latin

fictus

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

feint English
feinter English
*finctus Latin
ficticius Latin
fictus Latin
fingere Latin
fingō Latin
fintamente Italian
finto Italian
feindre French
feintise French
fictif French
*dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
feynen Middle English
feindre Old French
feint Old French
feintise Old French