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

  1. present participle of curse; The act of one who...

Ancestry of “cursing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcursing
2Old Englishcursungcursing

Words derived from “cursing

Every word from Old English cursungEvery word from Middle English cursing