Cinch

Morpheme

Cinch

Type

free base

Denotation

girdle, surround, encircle

Etymology

(1) Occitan cencha; Latin cincta, from cinctus, from cingere or (2) Spanish cincha; Late Latin cingula; Latin cingulum, from cingere + -ulum

Evidence

cinch, cinchable, cinched, cincher, cinches, cinching, cinchy, uncinch

Notes

cinch and cingle are doublets