Where does “meeting” come from?
meeting (Middle English) comes from Old English mēting, from Old English mētan, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Ancestry of “meeting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | mēting | picture: drawing, painting |
| 2 | Old English | mētan | to meet, find, find out, fall in with, encounter,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |