English

tincturing

From tincture (verb) + -ing.

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

Proto-Italic *tengō

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

Latin tīnctūra ‘act of dyeing’

Middle English tincture ‘a dye, pigment’

Old English ing ‘meadow, water meadow, ing’

Middle English ing

English ing

Today it means

adj Having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment.

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