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cinno

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cinnus (wink, noun) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). Found in the Reichenau Glossary.[1]

Verb

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cinnō (present infinitive cinnāre, perfect active cinnāvī, supine cinnātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to blink

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Italian: cennare (archaic)
  • Neapolitan: zennare
  • Old French: cener
  • Old Occitan: cenar
  • Spanish: ceñar
  • Sardinian: chinnire (with a change in verb class)

Forms prefixed with ad-:

Forms influenced by signāre:

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭnnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 689