Where does “killing” come from?
Killing derives from English kill, from Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille, from Latin colligo meaning "to gather together," ultimately from Latin ligo meaning "to bind."
killing (English): present participle of kill; That literally...
Definitions
- present participle of kill; That literally...
Ancestry of “killing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | kyllyng | — |
| 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 “killing”