Where does “smoldering” come from?
Smoldering comes from Middle English smolderen, from Middle English smolder, of uncertain origin.
smoldering (English): present participle of smolder; Alternative form...
Definitions
- present participle of smolder; Alternative form...
Ancestry of “smoldering”, step by step
smoldering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English smouldering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smouldering | present participle of smoulder; The act by which... |
| 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 |