Where does “cursing” come from?
Cursing derives from Middle English cursing, from Old English cursing, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ungō, a suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs.
cursing (English): present participle of curse; The act of one who...
Definitions
- present participle of curse; The act of one who...
Ancestry of “cursing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cursing | — |
| 2 | Old English | cursung | cursing |
Words derived from “cursing”