Where does “feeling” come from?
Feeling derives from Middle English -ing and Old English -ing, -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ungō, a suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs.
feeling (English): Emotionally sensitive; Expressive of great...
Definitions
- Emotionally sensitive; Expressive of great...
Ancestry of “feeling”, step by step
feeling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English feel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feel | "To use or experience the sense of touch."; "To... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |