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Where does “stomach-turning” come from?

stomach-turning (English) comes from English turning, 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.

stomach-turning (English): sickening or disgusting

Definitions

  1. sickening or disgusting

Ancestry of “stomach-turning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishturningA turn or deviation from a straight course; At...
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

Words derived from “stomach-turning”

  • stomach-turningly
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