Where does “phrasemaking” come from?
phrasemaking (English) comes from English making, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
phrasemaking (English): The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric
Definitions
- The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric
Ancestry of “phrasemaking”, step by step
phrasemaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English phrase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phrase | A short written or spoken expression; A word or... |
| 2 | Late Latin | phrasis | diction |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φράσις | speech; way of speaking, expression; expression,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φράζω | to make known, point out, intimate, show; to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φράσσω | to fence in, hedge around, secure, fortify; to... |