Sing
/sɪŋ/noun
To produce musical sounds with the voice, especially in a tuneful way.
Did you know?English sing comes from an ancient Germanic root for making sound, and its deep relatives include words for chanting and oral performance, showing how voice itself was once treated like a kind of power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sengwh-
“to sing, make sound”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*singwaną
“to sing”
Old English
English
singan
“to sing”
Middle English
English
singen
“to sing”
Modern English
English
sing
“to produce musical sounds with the voice”