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Where does “unwearyingly” come from?

unwearyingly (English) comes from English unwearying, from English wearying, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

unwearyingly (English): Without growing weary; tirelessly

Definitions

  1. Without growing weary; tirelessly

Ancestry of “unwearyingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunwearyingUntiring; not becoming tired
2Englishwearyingpresent participle of weary
3English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūn—
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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