Where does “swooning” come from?
Swooning derives from Middle English swoune, of unknown ultimate origin.
swooning (English): present participle of swoon; A swoon or faint
Definitions
- present participle of swoon; A swoon or faint
Ancestry of “swooning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | swoon | A faint; An infatuation; To faint, to lose... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | swan | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | swan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swan | swan |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swanaz | swan |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swenh₂- | to sound |