Where does “stoopingly” come from?
stoopingly (English) comes from English stooping, from English stoop, from Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian, from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic stūpōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
stoopingly (English): With a stooping posture
Definitions
- With a stooping posture
Ancestry of “stoopingly”, step by step
stoopingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stooping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stooping | Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting;... |
| 2 | English | stoop | The staircase and landing or porch leading to the... |
| 3 | Middle English | stoupen | To bend over; to stoop or hunch |
| 4 | Old English | stūpian | to stoop, bend the back, slope; to bow, bend |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stūpōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stūpōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |