Where does “speaking” come from?
Speaking derives from Middle English spekynge, Old English sprecende, and Proto-Germanic sprekaną, all meaning to speak or utter words, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European (s)per-.
speaking (English): Used in speaking; Expressive; eloquent; Involving...
Definitions
- Used in speaking; Expressive; eloquent; Involving...
Ancestry of “speaking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | speking | — |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |
Words derived from “speaking”