Where does “lying” come from?
Lying derives from Middle English -ing, from Middle French lien, from Latin ligō, meaning to bind or tie.
lying (English): present participle of lie; The act of one who...
Definitions
- present participle of lie; The act of one who...
Ancestry of “lying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lie | To rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | lie | — |
| 3 | Old English | lyġe | lie, falsehood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lugi | false, lying |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lugiz | lie, falsehood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewgʰ- | to lie, to tell falsehood |
Words derived from “lying”