Where does “shutting” come from?
Shutting derives from English shut, from English chute, from French chute, from French chuter meaning to fall, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-.
shutting (English): present participle of shut; The act by which...
Definitions
- present participle of shut; The act by which...
Ancestry of “shutting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shut | To close, to stop from being open; To close, to... |
| 2 | Old English | sċēotan | to shoot |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | skeutan | to shoot |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skeutaną | to shoot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |