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2501 Etymology dictionary, p. rang (v.).2
past tense of ring (v.1). Middle English, by analogy of sang / sing, etc.
2502 Etymology dictionary, p. range (v.).2
… "circle, ring, something curved" (from nasalized form of PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend"). Compare arrange. Sense of "to arrange in rows, make a row or rows of" is recorded …
2503 Etymology dictionary, p. range (n.).2
… "circle, ring, something curved" (from nasalized form of PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend"). In some cases the Middle English word is from Old French range "range, rank …
2504 Etymology dictionary, p. rank (n.).2
… "circle, ring"), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz "circle, ring, something curved" (from nasalized form of PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend").
2505 Etymology dictionary, p. Reich (n.).2
… ." Don Ringe, "From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic" [Oxford 2006] identifies it as a Celtic loan-word in Germanic rather than a direct evolution from PIE …
2506 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.1).1
ring (n.1)
2507 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.1).2
… , Dutch ring, Old High German hring, German Ring ), from nasalized form of PIE root *sker- (2) "to turn, bend."
2508 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.1).4
… the ring "boxing" (by 1770). The meaning "combination of persons interested in attaining some object" is from 1829, originally commercial or political, latter …
2509 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.1).5
… called ring-man (15c.). To run rings round (someone) "be superior to" is from 1891.
2510 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.1).6
… rhyme ring a ring a rosie is attested in an American form (with a different ending) from c. 1790. "The belief that the rhyme originated with the Great Plague is …
2511 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.1).1
ring (v.1)
2512 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.1).2
… the ringing of bells," from Proto-Germanic *khrengan (source also of Old Norse hringja, Swedish ringa, Middle Dutch ringen ), probably of imitative origin. Related …
2513 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.1).3
… as ring off "hang up," ring back "return a call," ring in "report by telephone."
2514 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.1).4
To ring down (or up ) a theatrical curtain, "direct it to be let down" (or up) is by 1772, from the custom of signaling for it by ringing a bell; hence, in a general sense …
2515 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.2).1
ring (n.2)
2516 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.2).2
… ," from ring (v.1). The meaning "a call on the telephone" is from 1900; to give (someone) a ring (up) "call on the telephone" was in use by 1910. Meaning "a ringing sound, the sound …
2517 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.2).1
ring (v.2)
2518 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.2).2
… ); from ring (n.1) and probably in part from Old English ymbhringan "surround, encircle," from the root of ring (n.1). Related: Ringed; ringing. Compare Frisian ringje …
2519 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (v.2).3
… a ring" is attested by mid-15c. The sense of "provide or attach a ring or rings, affix a ring to" is from late 14c.; that of "adorn with rings" is from 1550s. The meaning …
2520 Etymology dictionary, p. ringing (n.).1
ringing (n.)