Where does “DXing” come from?
DXing (English) comes from English DX, from Latin recipe, from Latin recipio, from Latin capio, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
DXing (English): The hobby of receiving and identifying distant...
Definitions
- The hobby of receiving and identifying distant...
Ancestry of “DXing”, step by step
DXing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English DX
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DX | Abbreviation of deluxe; Abbreviation of double... |
| 2 | Latin | recipe | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | recipio | I take back; I receive; I take upon myself,... |
| 4 | Latin | capio | I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |