Etymology

feeling

feel·ing
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Today it means: Emotionally sensitive. Full definition →

Middle English felynge
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfelynge
  2. English todayfeeling

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.