English
faintish
From faint + -ish.
Formed from faint + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to mold’
Latin fingere ‘to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in…’
Old French faint
Middle English faynt ‘weak’
English faint
Today it means
adj Somewhat faint.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / faintish