Etymology

drawing

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Today it means: A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper. Full definition →

Middle English drauinge ← Old English dragende ← Proto-Germanic *dragandz
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drawing · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*draganą“to draw; pull”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dragandz“drawing”
  3. Old English · inherited fromdragende
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdrauinge
  5. English todaydrawing

From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw + -ing.

drawing · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromdrauing
  2. English todaydrawing

From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*draganą all →

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