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

  1. present participle of swoon; A swoon or faint

Ancestry of “swooning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswoonA faint; An infatuation; To faint, to lose...
2Middle Low Germanswan—
3Old Saxonswan—
4Proto-West Germanicswanswan
5Proto-Germanicswanazswan
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound

Words derived from “swooning”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swanaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swan →
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