Cinch
/sɪntʃ/noun
Something easy to do; also a strap or girth used to secure a saddle.
Did you know?The word entered English from Spanish *cincha*, a saddle girth, and only later became slang for something guaranteed or easy—like the universe saying, “this one’s secured.”
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
cingere
“to encircle, bind around”
Vulgar Latin
VL
cingula
“a belt or girdle”
Old Spanish
Spanish
cincha
“a saddle girth; strap securing a saddle”
19th Century
English
cinch
“a saddle girth; something sure or easy”
Modern English
English
cinch
“something easy or guaranteed”