Where does “perishing” come from?
Perishing comes from Middle English perishen, from Old French periss-, ultimately meaning to pass away or come to an end.
perishing (English): Extremely cold; Extreme; used of environmental or...
Definitions
- Extremely cold; Extreme; used of environmental or...
Ancestry of “perishing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perish | To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing;... |
| 2 | Middle English | perishen | — |
| 3 | Old French | perir | to die; to perish |
| 4 | Latin | pereō | to perish, pass away, die, be ruined |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |