English
faintling
From faint + -ling.
Formed from faint + -ling
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 Timorous; feeble-minded.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / faintling