Etymology

gathering

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Today it means: A meeting or get-together; a party or social function. Full definition →

Middle English gadering ← Old English gaderung
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gathering · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromgaderung“gathering, assembly”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgadering
  3. English todaygathering

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).

gathering · verb, adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromgaderynge
  2. English todaygathering

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).

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