Where does “merrymeeting” come from?
merrymeeting (English) comes from English meeting, from Middle English meeting, from Old English mēting, from Old English mētan, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
merrymeeting (English): A meeting for mirth
Definitions
- A meeting for mirth
Ancestry of “merrymeeting”, step by step
merrymeeting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meeting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meeting | The act of persons or things that meet; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | meeting | — |
| 3 | Old English | mēting | picture: drawing, painting |
| 4 | Old English | mētan | to meet, find, find out, fall in with, encounter,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |