Etymology

ashing

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Today it means: An analytic procedure in which a sample is heated in a furnace to leave a residue of ash, either to determine the gross mineral content, or as a preparation for further analysis Full definition →

English ash ← Middle English asche ← Old English æsce
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*askǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic*askā
  4. Old Englishæsce
  5. Middle Englishasche
  6. Englishash
  7. English todayashing

From ash + -ing.

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