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
- The action of the verb to jog; The practice of...
Ancestry of “jogging”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ynge | Alternative form of -ing |
| 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 “jogging”