Etymology

welcoming

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Today it means: hospitable, accessible and cordial. Full definition →

English welcome ← Middle English welcome ← Old English wilcuma
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welcoming · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*welh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wiljaną
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
  5. Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*wiljakwemô
  7. Old Englishwilcuma
  8. Middle Englishwelcome
  9. Englishwelcome
  10. English todaywelcoming

From welcome + -ing.

welcoming · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwelcomyng
  2. English todaywelcoming

From Middle English welcomyng, equivalent to welcome + -ing.

welcoming · noun3

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwelcominge
  2. English todaywelcoming

From Middle English welcominge, welcomyng, equivalent to welcome + -ing.

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