Where does “hardworkingness” come from?
hardworkingness (English) comes from English hardworking, from English working, from Middle English werking, from Old English wyrċing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn — smoke; mist, haze.
hardworkingness (English): The state of being hardworking
Definitions
- The state of being hardworking
Ancestry of “hardworkingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hardworking | Of a person, taking their work seriously and... |
| 2 | English | working | Operation; action; Method of operation; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | werking | — |
| 4 | Old English | wyrċing | — |
| 5 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 6 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 7 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 10 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |