English
feeling
Feeling comes from Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500felynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1972feeling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500felynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1972feeling
Earliest quotation: 1972, George J. W. Goodman, Supermoney: “When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie…”
Formed from feel + -ing
Every English word from Middle English felynge
Today it means
adj Emotionally sensitive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English felynge / feeling