Etymology

demanding

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Today it means: Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience. Full definition →

English demand ← Middle English demaunden ← Old French demander
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  7. Proto-Italic*manus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  10. Proto-Italic*manuðō
  11. Latinmandō
  12. Latindemandāre
  13. Old Frenchdemander
  14. Middle Englishdemaunden
  15. Englishdemand
  16. English todaydemanding

From demand + -ing.

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