Where does “applying” come from?
Applying comes from English apply, derived from Middle English -y and Latin applicare, meaning to attach or put to, from the prefix ad- meaning toward.
applying (English): present participle of apply; The act of applying;...
Definitions
- present participle of apply; The act of applying;...
Ancestry of “applying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apply | To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or... |
| 2 | Middle English | aplien | — |
| 3 | Old French | applier | to bend; to apply |
| 4 | Latin | applicō | to apply |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |