English
hearing
Hearing comes from Middle English herynge, from hear + -ing.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1897hearing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1897hearing
Earliest quotation: 1897, Winston Churchill: “When this conversation was repeated in detail within the…”
Formed from hear + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
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Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną ‘to hear’
Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan ‘to hear’
Old English hēran ‘to hear’
Middle English har
English hear
Every English word from Middle English herynge
Today it means
adj Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English herynge / hearing