Etymology

indwelling

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Today it means: A dwelling within, especially lodgement or habitation in the mind or soul. Full definition →

Middle English indwelling
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indwelling · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromindwelling
  2. English todayindwelling

From Middle English indwelling, equivalent to in- + dwelling.

indwelling · adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Proto-West Germanic*in
  4. Old Englishin
  5. Old Englishin-
  6. Middle Englishin-
  7. Englishin-
  8. Englishdwelling
  9. English todayindwelling

From in- + dwelling.

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