Etymology of the English word mining
the English word
miningusing the English suffix
-ingderived from the English word
minederived from the Old French word
minederived from the Latin word
mina (Greek weight unit; its weight of silver; mine; threats, menaces; warning signs)
derived from the Greek word
mna, μνᾶ (a mna (mina), a certain weight)
derived from the Akkadian word
manûderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*me-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*minazderived from the English word
minederived from the Old French word
miningderived from the Latin word
mina (Greek weight unit; its weight of silver; mine; threats, menaces; warning signs)
derived from the Greek word
mna, μνᾶ (a mna (mina), a certain weight)
derived from the Akkadian word
manûUsage
Word found in Modern English