Where does “frighteningly” come from?
Frighteningly derives from English frighten, English fright, and English affright, tracing through Old English -ing to Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
frighteningly (English): In a frightening or terrifying manner; Very;...
Definitions
- In a frightening or terrifying manner; Very;...
Ancestry of “frighteningly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frightening | Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |