tainture
The origin and history of tainture.
Etymology
Perhaps formed from taint and -ure, or perhaps from Middle French tainture ("dye; dyeing; tincture"). It is a doublet of teinture, tinctura and tincture.
The origin and history of tainture.
Perhaps formed from taint and -ure, or perhaps from Middle French tainture ("dye; dyeing; tincture"). It is a doublet of teinture, tinctura and tincture.
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