Where does “elderberrying” come from?
elderberrying (English) comes from English elderberry, from English elder, from English -dom, from English DOM, from English dominance, from English -ance, from Middle English -aunce, from Old French -ance — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
elderberrying (English): The gathering of elderberries
Definitions
- The gathering of elderberries
Ancestry of “elderberrying”, step by step
elderberrying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elderberry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elderberry | The elder; a shrub or tree of the genus... |
| 2 | English | elder | comparative degree of old: older, greater than... |
| 3 | English | -dom | Forming nouns denoting the condition or state of... |
| 4 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 5 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 6 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 7 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 8 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 9 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |