Etymology

thundering

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder. Full definition →

Middle English thonderynge
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thundering · verb, adjective, adverb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromthonderynge
  2. English todaythundering

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

thundering · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromþunring“thundering; thunder”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromthundryng
  3. English todaythundering

From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

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