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Where does “experiencing” come from?

Experiencing derives from Middle English experience, from Latin experientia, from Latin experior meaning "to try or test," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-.

experiencing (English): present participle of experience

Definitions

  1. present participle of experience

Ancestry of “experiencing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexperienceThe effect upon the judgment or feelings produced...
2Middle Englishexperience—
3Latinexperientiaa trial, proof, experiment; experimental...
4Latinexperienstesting, trying, experiencing
5LatinexperiorI attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I...
6Latinpariō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “experiencing”

  • nonexperiencing
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