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Where does “teaching” come from?

Teaching derives from Old English tǣċing, the noun form of Old English tǣċan, from Proto-Germanic taikijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ-.

teaching (English): Something taught by a religious or philosophical...

Definitions

  1. Something taught by a religious or philosophical...

Ancestry of “teaching”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishteching—
2Old Englishtǣċing—

Words derived from “teaching”

  • nonteaching
  • schoolteaching
  • microteaching
  • teleteaching
  • cyberteaching
  • e-teaching
  • home teaching
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