
English word quaint comes from Old French cointe (Clever; intelligent.), Old French queinte, Anglo-Norman cointe, Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ ((anatomy) female pudenda; vulva; sheath.)
cointe (Old French)
Clever; intelligent.
queinte (Old French)
cointe (Anglo-Norman)
*kuntǭ (Proto-Germanic)
(anatomy) female pudenda; vulva; sheath.
*cunte (Old English)
Cunt. Vagina. Vulva.
quoynte (Middle English)
quaint (English)
(now, _, dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]. (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th-19th c.]. (obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th-19th c.]. (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th-19th c.]. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. [from 18th c.].