tint · noun, verb1
- Latin · derived fromtīnctus“dyed”
- French · derived fromteinte“tint”
- English todaytint
Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tīnctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.
tint · contraction2
Contraction.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.