Etymology

smiting

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Today it means: The act of one who smites. Full definition →

Middle English smytinge ← Old English smītende ← Proto-Germanic *smītandz
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smiting · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*smītaną“to throw, hurl, bespatter”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*smītandz
  3. Old English · inherited fromsmītende
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsmytinge
  5. English todaysmiting

From Middle English smytinge, smitende, smytende, smitand, from Old English smītende, from Proto-Germanic *smītandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw, hurl, bespatter”), equivalent to smite + -ing.

smiting · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsmytinge
  2. English todaysmiting

From Middle English smytinge, smytynge, equivalent to smite + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*smītaną all →

smittensmite

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