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Where does “peering” come from?

Peering derives from Middle English peren, from Old English *pīerian, ultimately tracing to Proto-Germanic *peuraz meaning to look or peer intently.

peering (English): present participle of peer; The act of one who...

Definitions

  1. present participle of peer; The act of one who...

Ancestry of “peering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
2EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
3EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
4Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
5Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
6Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
7Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
8LatinpissioI piss

Words derived from “peering”

  • peeringly
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