Etymograph

English

intinction

Intinction comes from Latin intingō ‘to dip in’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teng- ‘to make wet’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teng-‘to make wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tengōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtingō‘to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with)’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintingōas intingere‘to dip in’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintinctiō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1559intinction

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teng-‘to make wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tengōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtingō‘to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with)’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintingōas intingere‘to dip in’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintinctiō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1559intinction

Earliest quotation: 1559, Peter Morwen: “Quench the dros of iron in hony and drinck…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *teng- ‘to make wet’

think, thought, thank, dunk, 20 more

through Latin tingō ‘to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with)’

tent, tinge, tincture, 6 more

Today it means

noun The act of steeping or soaking the bread (or 'body' of Christ) in the wine (or 'blood' of Christ) so the communicant may receive both aspects of the Eucharist simultaneously.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teng- / intinction

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