Where does “upping” come from?
Upping derives from the present participle of English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from the root h₃ewp-.
upping (English): present participle of up; The act of increasing...
Definitions
- present participle of up; The act of increasing...
Ancestry of “upping”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | up | Away from the surface of the Earth or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | up | — |
| 3 | Old English | upp | up; upstairs |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *upp | — |