Where does “pardoning” come from?

Pardoning derives from Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner, from Vulgar Latin perdono, from Latin donare meaning to give, ultimately from Latin donum meaning gift and do meaning to give.

pardoning (English): present participle of pardon; The act by which...

Definitions

  1. present participle of pardon; The act by which...

Ancestry of “pardoning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpardonForgiveness for an offence; An order that...
2Middle Englishpardonen—
3Old Frenchpardonerto pardon; to forgive
4Late Latinperdono—

Words derived from “pardoning”

Every word from Late Latin perdono →Every word from Old French pardoner →Every word from Middle English pardonen →