Where does “healing” come from?

Healing derives from Old English hǣling, from Old English helan, from Proto-Germanic hailijaną and helaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-.

healing (English): The process where the cells in the body...

Definitions

  1. The process where the cells in the body...

Ancestry of “healing”, step by step

healing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English heelinge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishheelinge—
2Old Englishhǣlinghealing
3Proto-Germanichailingōhealing
4Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via Middle English heelyng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishheelyng—

Words derived from “healing”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailingō →