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Where does “grantmaking” come from?

Grantmaking derives from English making, from Middle English -ing and Old English -ing, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mag-.

grantmaking (English): The discretionary awarding of grants

Definitions

  1. The discretionary awarding of grants

Ancestry of “grantmaking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakingThe act of forming, causing, or constituting;...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūn—
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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