Where does “missionarying” come from?

missionarying (English) comes from English missionary, from English mission, from Latin missiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

missionarying (English): The religious work of a missionary

Definitions

  1. The religious work of a missionary

Ancestry of “missionarying”, step by step

missionarying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English missionary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmissionaryOne who is sent on a mission; A person who...
2EnglishmissionA set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty;...
3Latinmissiōsending, mission
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-