Etymology

standing

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Today it means: Erect, not cut down. Full definition →

Middle English standynge ← Old English standende ← Proto-Germanic *standandz
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standing · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*standaną“to stand”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*standandz“standing”
  3. Old English · inherited fromstandende
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstandynge
  5. English todaystanding

From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.

standing · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited from*standung
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstandyng
  3. English todaystanding

From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*standaną all →

stand

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