Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “heating” come from?

Heating comes from Middle English -ing, Old English -ing, Old English -ing, Proto-Indo-European kayd-, Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, and Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

heating (English): A system that raises the temperature of a room or...

Definitions

  1. A system that raises the temperature of a room or...

Ancestry of “heating”, step by step

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

Words derived from “heating”

  • teleheating
  • heatingly
  • photoheating
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →