Where does “jogging” come from?

Jogging derives from English jog plus the suffix -ing, from Middle English -ing, Old English -ing, and ultimately Proto-Germanic -ungō, a productive suffix forming nouns and gerunds from verb stems.

jogging (English): The action of the verb to jog; The practice of...

Definitions

  1. The action of the verb to jog; The practice of...

Ancestry of “jogging”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
2Middle English-yngeAlternative form of -ing
3Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
4Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “jogging”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from English -ing →Every word from Old English -ung →