Where does “despairing” come from?
Despairing derives from the English present participle suffix -ing, from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō, a formative element creating nouns and gerunds from verb stems.
despairing (English): Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair;...
Definitions
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair;...
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Words derived from “despairing”