English
ledging
Ledging comes from Middle English leggyng.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500leggyng
- Englishearliest quotation 1913ledging
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500leggyng
- Englishearliest quotation 1913ledging
Earliest quotation: 1913, William Arthur: “LEDGINGS: — Ledgings for joists, etc., to be measured…”
Formed from ledge + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie, recline’
Proto-Germanic *lagjō ‘layer, stratum’
Proto-West Germanic *laggju ‘layer, strip, ledge, rung, bar’
Old English leċġ ‘bar, crossbeam’
Middle English legge
English ledge
Every English word from Middle English leggyng
Today it means
noun The act or process of creating or developing a ledge (in mining, building, etc), or the ledge so created.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English leggyng / ledging