Where does “abiding” come from?

Abiding comes from Middle English abidynge, derived from Middle English abiden and Old English ābīdan, which combined Old English bīdan with Proto-Germanic uz-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- and úd.

abiding (English): Continuing or persisting in the same state:...

Definitions

  1. Continuing or persisting in the same state:...

Ancestry of “abiding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishabydynge—
2Old Englishabīdung—

Words derived from “abiding”

Every word from Old English abīdung →Every word from Middle English abydynge →