Where does “piercingly” come from?
Piercingly derives from English piercing, the present participle of English pierce, from Latin pertusus meaning "pierced," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
piercingly (English): In a piercing manner
Definitions
- In a piercing manner
Ancestry of “piercingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piercing | present participle of pierce; The action of the... |
| 2 | English | pierce | to puncture; to break through; to create a hole... |
| 3 | Middle English | perce | pierce |
| 4 | Old French | percier | to pierce |
| 5 | Latin | pertusiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 7 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 9 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |