Etymology

buying

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Today it means: The act of making a purchase. Full definition →

English buy ← Middle English byen ← Old English bycġan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bugjaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*buggjan
  4. Old Englishbycġan
  5. Middle Englishbyen
  6. Englishbuy
  7. English todaybuying

From buy + -ing.

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