Etymology

healing

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Today it means: The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves. Full definition →

Middle English heelinge ← Old English hǣling ← Proto-Germanic *hailingō
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healing · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hailijaną“to heal”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hailingō“healing”
  3. Old English · inherited fromhǣling“healing”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromheelinge
  5. English todayhealing

From Middle English heelinge, helynge, from Old English hǣling (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), equivalent to heal + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian hieling (“healing”), Dutch heling (“healing”), German Heilung (“healing; cure”).

healing · verb2

  1. Middle English · derived fromheelyng
  2. English todayhealing

From Middle English heelyng, equivalent to heal + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*hailijaną all →

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