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Where does “e-briefing” come from?

e-briefing (English) comes from English briefing, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

e-briefing (English): A briefing in electronic or computerized form

Definitions

  1. A briefing in electronic or computerized form

Ancestry of “e-briefing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbriefingA short and concise summary of a situation; A...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūn—
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →