Where does “dying” come from?
dying (English) comes from English die, from Latin die, from Latin dies, from Latin diem, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
dying (English): Approaching death; about to die; moribund;...
Definitions
- Approaching death; about to die; moribund;...
Ancestry of “dying”, step by step
dying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English die
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | die | To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death;... |
| 2 | Latin | die | ablative singular of diēs; day; before the day |
| 3 | Latin | dies | A day, "particularly:" |
| 4 | Latin | diem | accusative singular of diēs |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English message
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | message | A communication, or what is communicated; any... |
| 2 | Old French | message | message; messenger |
| 3 | Latin | missāticum | message |
| 4 | Latin | missus | sent, having been sent, caused to go, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |