Rising
/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/noun
Moving upward or increasing in level, amount, or status.
Did you know?English *rise* comes from a deep Indo-European root meaning “to get up” or “move upward,” the same ancestral source behind words like *resurrect*’s distant cousins in other languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁reydʰ-
“to rise, get up”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*rīsaną
“to rise, get up, stand up”
Old English
English
rīsan
“to rise, stand up, get up”
Middle English
English
risen / rising
“to rise; the act of rising”
Modern English
English
rising
“moving upward; increasing; ascending”