Middle French

Noun

soing m (plural soings)

1. care; attention; though

Descendants

• French: soin

Old French

Alternative forms

• soign
• suin

Etymology

Borrowing from Frankish *sunnija ‎(“worry, care, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō ‎(“truth, care, responsibility”), from Proto-Indo-European *snt-, *sent- ‎(“being, true”), from *h₁es-, *h₁esmi- ‎(“to be”).

Noun

soing m ‎(oblique plural soinz, nominative singular soinz, nominative plural soing)

1. care; attention; though

Descendants

• Middle French: soing
  • French: soin

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (soign, supplement)