woning
woning · wonings
A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abodeA place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
Origin
From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, lFrom 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”).
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