Etymology

dragging

drag·ging
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Today it means: That drags. Full definition →

English drag ← Low German draggeinflu. ← Middle English draggen
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrógʰ-e-ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*draganą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dragan
  5. Old Englishdragan
  6. Middle Englishdragen
  7. Middle Englishdraggen
  8. Low Germandraggeinflu.
  9. Englishdrag
  10. English todaydragging

From drag + -ing.

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