Where does “compassing” come from?
Compassing comes from Middle English compassyng, formed by the Middle English suffix -ing from Old English -ing, combined with a root derived through Latin com- from Latin con-, meaning "with" or "together."
compassing (English): present participle of compass; curved; bent; The...
Definitions
- present participle of compass; curved; bent; The...
Ancestry of “compassing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | compassynge | Guile or plotting; the practicing of sleight-of hand with ill intent |
| 2 | Middle English | compas | Guile, craft or an instance of it; the use of... |
| 3 | Old French | compas | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | compassus | a circle, a circuit; suffered; pitied |
| 5 | Italian | compassare | measure with a pair of compasses |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |