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-1‘to make wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tengō1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtingō1‘to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with)’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintingō2as intingere‘to dip in’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintinctiō2
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1559intinction2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin intingo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English intinction
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1559, Peter Morwen: “Quench the dros of iron in hony and drinck…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teng-Wiktionary, Latin intingo‘to make wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tengōWiktionary, Latin intingoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtingōWiktionary, Latin intingo‘to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with)’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintingōWiktionary, English intinctionas intingere‘to dip in’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintinctiōWiktionary, English intinction
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1559intinctionWiktionary, English intinction. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “intinction”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin intingo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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