Where does “sunsetting” come from?
sunsetting (English) comes from Middle English sonne settynge, from Middle English settynge, from Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
sunsetting (English): present participle of sunset; An instance of the...
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- present participle of sunset; An instance of the...
Ancestry of “sunsetting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sonne settynge | sunset |
| 2 | Middle English | settynge | setting |
| 3 | Middle English | setten | To seat, cause to sit; To be sitting, sit; To... |
| 4 | Old English | settan | to set, establish, place, make |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |