Where does “swelteringly” come from?
swelteringly (English) comes from English sweltering, from English swelter, from Middle English swelteren, from Middle English -eren, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna- — adjectival suffix.
swelteringly (English): In a sweltering way
Definitions
- In a sweltering way
Ancestry of “swelteringly”, step by step
swelteringly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sweltering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sweltering | hot and humid; oppressively sticky; present... |
| 2 | English | swelter | To suffer terribly from intense heat; To perspire... |
| 3 | Middle English | swelteren | to swelter suffer from heat |
| 4 | Middle English | -eren | A frequentative suffix forming verbs from other verbs or onomatopoeia, indicating repetition or continuity |
| 5 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 6 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 7 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |