Where does “ongoing” come from?
Ongoing derives from English on plus going, with on tracing through Japanese 音読み and Japanese 音 to Proto-Indo-European roots including wen-, óynos, and ǵʰengʰ-.
ongoing (English): Continuing, permanent, lasting; Presently or...
Definitions
- Continuing, permanent, lasting; Presently or...
Ancestry of “ongoing”, step by step
ongoing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English going
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | going | Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly |
| 2 | English | Go | An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular... |
| 3 | English | stop | To cease moving; To not continue; To cause to... |
| 4 | English | top | The highest or uppermost part of something; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | top | The summit or top of something, especially a... |
| 6 | Old English | topp | top, summit (of something) |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *topp | top, summit, crest |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |