Where does “torchmaking” come from?
torchmaking (English) comes from English making, 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.
torchmaking (English): The communal work carried out by bonfire society...
Definitions
- The communal work carried out by bonfire society...
Ancestry of “torchmaking”, step by step
torchmaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English torch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | torch | A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as... |
| 2 | French | torcher | to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt; to flare; to... |
| 3 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 6 | Latin | torquis | chaplet |
| 7 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |