DictionaryRoot: -ing
English
-ing
an action or activity
Forms
- -ing
- -ung — An older related English form.
Origin
Old English -ing and -ung formed names for actions. Their later spelling converged with the ending used in doing and walking.
Note
The same modern spelling now serves several grammatical jobs whose histories were not identical.
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noun
feeling
An emotion, physical sensation, or intuitive impression.
Etymology
The noun ending names what is experienced through feeling. From physical perception, the word extends to emotions and impressions that are sensed without explicit reasoning.