Where does “prayermaking” come from?
prayermaking (English) comes from English prayer, from English pray, from Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Latin precor, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks.
prayermaking (English): The offering up of a prayer
Definitions
- The offering up of a prayer
Ancestry of “prayermaking”, step by step
prayermaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prayer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prayer | A practice of communicating with one's God; An... |
| 2 | English | pray | To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to... |
| 3 | Middle English | preien | to pray |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | preier | Alternative form of proiier |
| 5 | Old French | proiier | to pray; to pray; to beg; to implore; to beg |
| 6 | Latin | precor | I beseech, beg, pray, entreat; I wish well or ill... |
| 7 | Latin | prex | prayer; request; entreaty |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | preks | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | préḱs | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
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 |