English
blowing
Blowing comes from Middle English blowynge ‘Breathing, respiration’, and goes back to Old English blāwung.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150blāwung
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blowynge‘Breathing, respiration’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014blowing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150blāwung
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blowynge‘Breathing, respiration’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014blowing
Earliest quotation: 2014, Charlotte MacLeod: “[…] the tea had been poured from the cups…”
Formed from blow + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’
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Proto-Germanic *blēaną ‘to blow’
Proto-West Germanic *blāan ‘to blow’
Old English blāwan ‘to blow, breathe’
Middle English blowen ‘to blow’
English blow
Every English word from Old English blāwung
Today it means
noun The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English blāwung / blowing