Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗present participle and gerund of go · Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
Likely to continue; viable. · Current, prevailing. · Available.
A departure. · The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. · Progress. · Conditions for advancing in any way.
Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.
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- Inherited-form mentiongoingeenm
- Inherited-form mentiongāndeang
- Inherited-form mention*gēndzgem-pro
- Derivation mention*gēnągem-pro
- Cognate mentiongeanendfy · going
- Cognate mentiongaandnl · going
- Cognate mentiongehendde · going
- Cognate mentiongåendeda · going
- Cognate mentiongåendesv · going
- Inherited-form mentiongoingenm
- Word-formation componentgoen
- Word-formation component-ingen
- Cognate mentionGehungde
- Cognate mentiongangang · a going
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