Etymology

anchoring

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Today it means: The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm. Full definition →

English anchor ← Middle English anker ← Old English ancor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enk-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.?
  3. Latinancora
  4. Proto-Germanic*ankurô
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ankurō
  6. Old Englishancor
  7. Middle Englishanker
  8. Englishanchor
  9. English todayanchoring

From anchor + -ing.

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