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Origin and history of tint

tint(n.)

"a variety of color," 1717; perhaps an alteration of tinct (c. 1600, which is from Latin tinctus "a dyeing"), influenced by Italian tinta "tint, hue," from the same Latin word. Or a variant or accommodation of teint, obsolete form of taint (n.). An earlier tinte (mid-14c.) "a dye, pigment" probably is directly from Latin tinctus or Medieval Latin tincta. Related: Tintage; tinty.

tint(v.)

"apply a tint or tinge to," 1756 (implied in tinted), from tint (n.). In hairdressing, by 1921. Tinted glass is attested by 1905. Related: Tinting.

also from 1756

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taint(n.)

c. 1600, "stain, spot, infecting tinge." The meaning "moral stain, depraving corruption, contaminating influence" is from 1610s. It is two distinct but identical nouns that overlapped and merged.

Taint "color, hue, dye, tinge" is from Old French teint "color, hue, dye, stain" (12c.), from Latin tinctus "a dyeing" (Medieval Latin tincta), from tingere "to dye" (see tincture). Middle English teint "shame, disgrace" (c. 1400) is an aphetic form of atteinte "a charge or conviction of felony," from Old French ataindre (see attain).

tinct(n.)

"color, tinge, hue, tint," c. 1600, from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture, and compare tint (n.)). As a verb, "to color, tint," early 15c., tincten, teinten (compare taint).

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taint
two distinct words of different origin overlap in the modern verb. From late 14c. as "to dye, impart color," from Anglo-French teinter, Old French teindre "to dye, color," from Latin tingere (see tincture, tint). Teintour as an English surname, meaning probably "one who dyes clot
touch
late 13c., "make deliberate physical contact with," from Old French tochier "to touch, hit, knock; mention, deal with" (11c., Modern French toucher), from Vulgar Latin *toccare "to knock, strike" as a bell (source also of Spanish tocar, Italian toccare), perhaps of imitative orig
trace
late 14c., "follow (a course); draw a line, make an outline of something," also figurative; "ponder, investigate," from Old French tracier "look for, follow, pursue" (12c., Modern French tracer), from Vulgar Latin *tractiare "delineate, score, trace" (source also of Spanish traza
coloring
From 1762 in figurative or transferred sense "peculiar character or effect analogous to the effect of hue or tint."...
flesh
Flesh-wound is from 1670s; flesh-color, the hue of "Caucasian" skin, is first recorded 1610s, described as a tint composed...
blond
wear wigs of this hue, were accustomed to powder theirs freely with gold dust, so as to give it the fashionable yellow tint...
color
  Meaning "a hue or tint, a visible color, the color of something" is from c. 1300....
Hades
god of the dead in Greek mythology; also the name of his realm, the abode of the dead spirits, 1590s, from Greek Haidēs, in Homer the name of the god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. His name is of unknown origin. Perhaps literally "the inv
shade
Middle English shade, schade, Kentish ssed, "dark image cast by someone or something; comparative obscurity or gloom caused by the blockage of light," from late Old English scead "partial darkness; shelter, protection," also partly from sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness; shady plac
note
c. 1200, noten, "observe, take mental note of, mark carefully," from Old French noter "indicate, designate; take note of, write down," from Latin notare "to mark, note, make a note," from nota "mark, sign, note, character, letter" (see note (n.)). Sense of "mention separately or

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