teint

Danish

/tɛnɡ/

noun

Definitions

complexion appearance of the skin on the face

Etymology

Borrowed from French teint (complexion) derived from Latin tingere (dye, tinge, paint, colour).

Origin

Latin

tingere

Gloss

dye, tinge, paint, colour

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

塗

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

taint English
teint English
tinge English
tinctus Latin
tingere Latin
Teint German
tingere Italian
teint French
teñir Spanish, Castilian
*teng- Proto-Indo-European
taindre Old French
teint Old French
tenyir Catalan, Valencian
tingir Old Portuguese
tenzi Friulian