Etymology

handling

hand·ling
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Today it means: A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. Full definition →

Middle English handlinge ← Old English handlung
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handling · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromhandlung“handling”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhandlinge
  3. English todayhandling

From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).

handling · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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