Where does “hunting” come from?
Hunting comes from Middle English huntung, from Old English huntung, derived from Old English huntian combined with the Old English suffix -ung, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kend-.
hunting (English): The act of finding and killing a wild animal,...
Definitions
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal,...
Ancestry of “hunting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hunting | — |
| 2 | Old English | huntung | hunting |
| 3 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |
Words derived from “hunting”