Etymology

waning

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Today it means: Becoming weaker or smaller. Full definition →

Middle English waninge ← Old English waniende ← Proto-Germanic *wanōndz
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waning · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wanōną“to wane”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wanōndz
  3. Old English · inherited fromwaniende
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwaninge
  5. English todaywaning

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.

waning · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wanungō
  2. Old English · inherited fromwanung“waning; diminution”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwaning
  4. English todaywaning

From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwaniende all →

waniand

Proto-Germanic*wanōną all →

wane

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