Etymograph

English

tingible

Tingible comes from Latin tingō ‘to dye’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teng- ‘to soak, dip, make wet’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teng-1‘to soak, dip, make wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tengō1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtingō2as tingere‘to dye’
  4. Englishtodaytingible2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin tingo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English tingible

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teng-Wiktionary, Latin tingo‘to soak, dip, make wet’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tengōWiktionary, Latin tingoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtingōWiktionary, English tingibleas tingere‘to dye’
  4. EnglishtodaytingibleWiktionary, English tingible

Linked words

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

think, thought, thank, dunk, 20 more

through Latin tingō ‘to dye’

tent, tincture, tinge, 6 more

Today it means

adj Capable of being stained.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tingible”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin tingo. 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- / tingible

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