English
faintsome
Faintsome comes from English faint.
- English1500–presentfaint
- Englishearliest quotation 2001faintsome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfaint
- Englishearliest quotation 2001faintsome
Earliest quotation: 2001, Thomas Boston, Complete Works of Thomas Boston: “And that is faintsome work.”
A compound of faint + -some
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
Linked words
through English faint
Today it means
adj Characterised by fainting or faintness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English faint / faintsome