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Where does “teambuilding” come from?

teambuilding (English) comes from English building, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

teambuilding (English): Activities designed to improve the performance of...

Definitions

  1. Activities designed to improve the performance of...

Ancestry of “teambuilding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuildingThe act or process by which something is built;...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūn—
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “teambuilding”

  • teambuilding
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