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Where does “stopping” come from?

Stopping comes from English stop, from Old English stoppian, from Proto-Germanic stuppōną, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-.

stopping (English): present participle of stop; The act of something...

Definitions

  1. present participle of stop; The act of something...

Ancestry of “stopping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstopTo cease moving; To not continue; To cause to...
2EnglishtopThe highest or uppermost part of something; A...
3Middle EnglishtopThe summit or top of something, especially a...
4Old Englishtopp—
5Proto-West Germanic*topp—
6Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
7Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

Words derived from “stopping”

  • heartstopping
  • stoppingly
  • showstopping
  • heartstoppingly
  • nonstopping
  • manstopping
  • heart-stopping
  • heart-stoppingly
  • prestopping
  • puckstopping
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