Where does “adorning” come from?
Adorning comes from Middle English adornen, from Latin adornare meaning to furnish or equip, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to fit or join.
adorning (English): present participle of adorn; An adornment
Definitions
- present participle of adorn; An adornment
Ancestry of “adorning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adorn | To make more beautiful and attractive; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | adornen | — |
| 3 | Latin | adōrnō | to get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |