Where does “joggling” come from?
joggling (English) comes from English joggle, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
joggling (English): present participle of joggle; The act by which...
Definitions
- present participle of joggle; The act by which...
Ancestry of “joggling”, step by step
joggling traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English joggle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | joggle | To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly,... |
| 2 | English | -le | A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating... |
| 3 | Middle English | -el | — |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English jogging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jogging | The action of the verb to jog; The practice of... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ynge | Alternative form of -ing |
| 4 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |