Etymology

birding

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Today it means: birdwatching Full definition →

English bird ← Middle English brid ← Old English bridd
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The story

  1. Old Englishbridd
  2. Middle Englishbrid
  3. Englishbird
  4. English todaybirding

From bird + -ing.

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