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Where does “hunting” come from?

hunting (Middle English) comes from Old English huntung, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Ancestry of “hunting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhuntunghunting
2Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
3Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “hunting”

  • hunting
  • overhunting
  • bowhunting
  • antihunting
  • manhunting
  • nonhunting
  • pothunting
  • ghosthunting
  • coolhunting
  • tufthunting
  • minehunting
  • prehunting
  • job hunting
  • house-hunting
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