English
building
Building comes from Middle English byldynge.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500byldynge
- Englishearliest quotation 2013building
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500byldynge
- Englishearliest quotation 2013building
Earliest quotation: 2013, Mark Tran, Denied an education by war: “One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict…”
Formed from build + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to become’
Proto-Germanic *buþlą
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan ‘to build’
Old English byldan
Middle English bilden
English build
Every English word from Middle English byldynge
Today it means
noun The act or process by which something is built; construction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English byldynge / building