Etymology

smoking

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Today it means: Giving off smoke. Full definition →

Middle English smokynge ← Old English smociende ← Proto-Germanic *smukōndz
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smoking · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*smukōndz“emitting smoke, smoking”
  2. Old English · inherited fromsmociende“smoking”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsmokynge
  4. English todaysmoking

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

smoking · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsmokyng
  2. English todaysmoking

From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.

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