Where does “fortifying” come from?
Fortifying comes from Middle English fortifying, from Latin fortifico meaning to make strong, derived from Latin fortis meaning strong and facio meaning to make, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- and bʰer-.
fortifying (English): present participle of fortify; The process by...
Definitions
- present participle of fortify; The process by...
Ancestry of “fortifying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 2 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 3 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 4 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
Words derived from “fortifying”