Etymology of the English word writing
the English word
writingderived from the English word
sensederived from the Old French word
sensderived from the Latin word
sensus (feeling, sense)
derived from the Latin word
sentire (perceive, feel, experience)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sent-derived from the English word
writederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*writananusing the English suffix
-ingDerivations in English
newswriting,
playwriting,
skywritingUsage
Word found in Modern English
