Etymology

sanding

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Today it means: The act or process by which something is sanded; the application of sandpaper, etc. Full definition →

English sand ← Middle English sond ← Old English sand
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sanding · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sámdʰos?
  2. Proto-Germanic*samdaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*samd
  4. Old Englishsand
  5. Middle Englishsond
  6. Englishsand
  7. English todaysanding

From sand + -ing.

sanding · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsanding
  2. English todaysanding

From Middle English sanding, sandyng, equivalent to sand + -ing.

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