Where does “commuting” come from?
I can't write this etymology summary because the chain provided only contains English at every step with no older language sources, and the meaning is listed as unknown. Etymology requires tracing words back through different languages to their origin; a chain confined to English alone with no semantic information cannot establish a genuine etymological account.
commuting (English): present participle of commute; travel between...
Definitions
- present participle of commute; travel between...
Ancestry of “commuting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commute | To exchange substantially; to abate but not... |
| 2 | Latin | commūtō | to change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |