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Where does “wording” come from?

Wording comes from English word, derived from Middle English word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, ultimately from the root wer- meaning to speak or turn.

wording (English): A choice of words and the style in which they are...

Definitions

  1. A choice of words and the style in which they are...

Ancestry of “wording”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwordThe smallest unit of language that has a...
2Middle EnglishwordA word; A statement; a linguistic unit said or...
3Old Englishworð—
4Proto-Germanic*word—
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →