belonging
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belonging¹
- /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/ UK
- /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ US
- /bɪˈlɑŋɪŋ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒŋɪŋ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English be-
Proto-Germanic *langōną
Proto-West Germanic *langōn
Old English langian
Middle English longen
Middle English belongen
English belong
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English belonging
From belong + -ing.
noun belongings
- The feeling that one belongs. I have a feeling of belonging in London.
- Something physical that is owned. Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.
- Family; relations; household. When Lady Kew said Sic volo, sic jubeo [Thus I will, thus I command], I promise you few persons of her ladyship’s belongings stopped, before they did her biddings, to ask her reasons.
belonging²
- /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/ UK
- /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ US
- /bɪˈlɑŋɪŋ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒŋɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English belonginge, belanging, belangand, equivalent to belong + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of belong
