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Where does “rantingly” come from?

rantingly (English) comes from English ranting, 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.

rantingly (English): With ranting; speaking loudly and angrily

Definitions

  1. With ranting; speaking loudly and angrily

Ancestry of “rantingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrantingpresent participle of rant; A long, angry, and...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūn—
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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