Where does “escauvinghe” come from?
escauvinghe (Old French) comes from Middle English shewing, from Old English sċēawung, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
escauvinghe (Old French): scavage
Definitions
- scavage
Ancestry of “escauvinghe”, step by step
escauvinghe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English shewing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | shewing | present participle of shew |
| 2 | Old English | sċēawung | inspection, contemplation; a showing, spectacle,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |
via Old Dutch scauwōn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | scauwōn | to inspect, to examinate, to look at |