English

singeing

Singeing comes from Middle English senginge.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

Formed from singe + -ing

Proto-Indo-European *senk- ‘to burn’

Proto-West Germanic *sangijan ‘to burn, torch’

Old English senġan ‘to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict’

Middle English sengen ‘to burn, scorch’

English singe

Every English word from Middle English senginge

noun The act or process of slightly burning.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.