French
Masculine

soin

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care

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A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/swɛ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
soin
Inherited from Old French
soing
Cognate with Old High German
sunna
Cognate with Old Norse
syn
Cognate with Gothic
𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰
In summary

Inherited from Middle French soin, from Old French soing (“care”), from Frankish *sunnija (“worry, care, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“truth, care, responsibility”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (“being, true”), from *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Old High German sunna, sunne (“truth, need, necessity, apology, justification”), Old Norse syn (“denial”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”). More at sooth.

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