Etymology

boating

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Today it means: The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. Full definition →

English boat ← Middle English bot ← Old English bāt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰóydos
  3. Proto-Germanic*baitaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bait
  5. Old Englishbāt
  6. Middle Englishbot
  7. Englishboat
  8. English todayboating

From boat + -ing.

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