Where does “volunteering” come from?
Volunteering derives from English volunteer, from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin voluntarius, meaning "of one's own will," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-, "to wish."
volunteering (English): The act of volunteering; the action of the verb...
Definitions
- The act of volunteering; the action of the verb...
Ancestry of “volunteering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | volunteer | One who enters into, or offers for, any service... |
| 2 | English | -eer | Used to create an agent noun denoting someone... |
| 3 | Dutch | -eren | forms the plural of a limited group of nouns:... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -eren | — |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |