Where does “revealing” come from?
Revealing comes from Middle English reveling and the suffix -ing, derived from Old English -ing, ultimately from Latin revelare meaning "to uncover" and bellus meaning "beautiful."
revealing (English): Informative; Of clothing: allowing more than is...
Definitions
- Informative; Of clothing: allowing more than is...
Ancestry of “revealing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | reveling | A revelation from the heavens; Alternative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ing | Forms gerunds from verbs, typically referring to... |
| 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 |