Where does “mewing” come from?
Mewing comes from Middle English mewe, from Middle French moue, from Latin mutare meaning to change, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mew-.
mewing (English): present participle of mew; The act of producing a...
Definitions
- present participle of mew; The act of producing a...
Ancestry of “mewing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mew | A gull, seagull; A prison, or other place of... |
| 2 | Middle English | mewe | seagull, gull; A cage used for allowing birds to... |
| 3 | Old English | mǣw | mew, seagull; seagull |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *maiwī | gull, seagull |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | maiwaz | gull, seagull |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | maiwijaną | to shout, mew |
Words derived from “mewing”