English Explanatory Dictionary

woning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of wone

Word forms

woning wonings wonning

Etymology

From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn (“habitation, dwelling, shelter”), Dutch woning (“dwelling, house”), German Wohnung (“dwelling, apartment”), Swedish våning (“floor, apartment, flat”).

Derived words

woning-place woning-stead
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