Where does “perishingly” come from?
perishingly (English) comes from English perishing, from English perish, from Middle English perishen, from Old French perir, from Latin pereō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
perishingly (English): extremely
Definitions
- extremely
Ancestry of “perishingly”, step by step
perishingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perishing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perishing | Extremely cold; Extreme; used of environmental or... |
| 2 | English | perish | To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing;... |
| 3 | Middle English | perishen | — |
| 4 | Old French | perir | to die; to perish |
| 5 | Latin | pereō | to perish, pass away, die, be ruined |
| 6 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |