English
ing
Ing comes from Old English ing ‘meadow, water meadow, ing’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ing‘meadow, water meadow, ing’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ing
- Englishearliest quotation 1773ing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ing‘meadow, water meadow, ing’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ing
- Englishearliest quotation 1773ing
Earliest quotation: 1773, Journals of the House of Commons:: “Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- ‘to curve, bend’
Today it means
noun A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English ing / ing