English
drawing
Drawing comes from Middle English drauing.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500drauing
- Englishearliest quotation 1853drawing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500drauing
- Englishearliest quotation 1853drawing
Earliest quotation: 1853, Alice Cary: “[…] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine,…”
Formed from draw + -ing
Proto-Germanic *draganą ‘to carry’
Proto-West Germanic *dragan ‘to carry’
Old English dragan ‘to drag’
Middle English dragen ‘to drag’
English draw
Every English word from Middle English drauing
Today it means
noun A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English drauing / drawing