- tinge[tinge 词源字典]
- tinge:  Etymologically, tinge denotes ‘soak, moisten’. That is what its Latin source, tingere, originally meant. The notion of ‘colour’ comes from a secondary Latin sense, ‘dye’, which arose from the concept of ‘dipping in liquid dye’. The Latin past participle, tinctus, lies behind English taint , tincture , and tint .
=> taint, tincture, tint[tinge etymology, tinge origin, 英语词源]
- tinge (v.)
- late 15c., "to dye, color slightly," from Latin tingere "to dye, color" (see tincture). Related: Tinged. The noun is first recorded 1752.