Dusting
/ˈdʌstɪŋ/noun
The act of removing dust from a surface, or a light covering of dust.
Did you know?English dust is tied to an old Germanic root meaning fine dry particles, the same ancestral word family behind words for powdery debris across several Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhus-
“to whirl, smoke, or raise a cloud of fine particles”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*dustą
“dust, powder, dry earth”
Old English
English
dust
“dust, powder, loose earth”
Middle English
English
dusten
“to sprinkle with dust; to clear away dust”
Modern English
English
dusting
“the act of removing dust or lightly covering something with dust”